Posted by jasmineneroli on March 19, 2005, at 19:37:02
In reply to Re: Need help with Diagnosis... » jasmineneroli, posted by KaraS on March 18, 2005, at 2:26:49
Hi Kara: How are you doing?
I agree that my Pdoc is most likely using older guidelines for Bipolar. And they definitely all have their particular biases, depending upon their experiences. I tried to talk to him about the (possibly) 6 different versions of BP, but he didn't seem interested (this was lasat year). He just sees me as classic GAD, that is exacerbated by hormonal changes (perimenopause etc).
I agree with those that say it doesn't really matter too much what the dx is, if a treatment works! As you can see from my list of meds tried, the only groups missing are mood stabilizers and MAOI's. I already refused the MAOI's, due to the dietary restrictions (I love cheese and red wine!).
So maybe that leaves a mood stabilizer?????I have to go back in 3 weeks to see if the upped tryptophan has helped. I'm thinking of asking all over again about bipolar.......and moood stabiizers.
Thanks for your input, as always.
It's funny, I repsonded to this thread to share experiences to help TTime, but it ended up giving me a few ideas too! That's why I love Babble!!!
regards,
Jas
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