manic depression vs bipolar disorder
ADHD vs bipolar disorder?
Im 15 years old and was diagnosed with type ADHD inatentive over a year ago. I'm on a low dose of Concerta to help to me to focus on school that is helping some, but not much. About six months ago my therapist put me on Paxil for anxiety and depression. My mom was worried by some manic behavior was feeling in me and I see a psychiatrist who asked about a history of bipolar in the family. My grandfather was seriously and my dad was never diagnosed but it is quite possible that had it. She said that people with bipolar family history trends … Antidepressants can make symptems bipolar misbehave. she is out of my takin antidepressants that are supposed to help, but ive done some research on bipolar disorder and symptems sense for me. many of them are really similar to things I used to dagnose with ADHD, however. Can anyone tell me how I can recognize the difference … could I be bipolar and ADHD or vice versa? help!
It is possible that a person has both conditions. It is also possible that the principles of b / pd / or symptoms that appear more like ADHD than bipolar. Often, the MD psychology will go with the less severe diagnosis (ADHD) first to see if the symptoms can be controlled instead of starting in the field of bipolar medications. Very often, people with bipolar disorder have adverse reactions to psychostimulants (such as Concerta) and as antidepressants. Very often, SSRIs a / ds (such as Prozac and Paxil) are not tolerated by people with b / pd / o, but "atypical" a / ds (such as Wellbutrin) may be well tolerated. Valid research indicates that b / pd / or runs in families. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are much more severe than those of ADHD. To make matters worse, there is also a condition known as "Cyclothymia, a kind of bipolar" – lite "that has fewer and less severe symptoms in the bipolar range. One of the characteristics that b / pd / or that ADHD is not the depressive cycle. Depression is not a characteristic of ADHD. Best suggestion – leave MD diagnose your psychology you. Do not worry so much about the status of your condition. Take the right medications are prescribed for you, and your symptoms begin to stabilize.
