Bipolar Support Group

I think have bipolar symptoms but my psych doc has me on antidepressants and anxiety meds and just calls it depression and anxiety with crying spells and anger. Am I missing something or is the fact that I'm not energetic and manic the reason for this diagnoses. I also have trouble concentrating when people talk to me, I tend to get distacted if the person talking has an interesting characteristic on their face or even if they have an accent, I'll start listening to the accent and not whattheir saying until they ask "You know what I mean" that's when I snap out of it and say "Uh yeah" I hate when that happens. I know none of us are doctors but I could really use some advice or learn the difference's between illnesses that I may have been misdiagnosed with.

well this is all pretty new to me, and if your doc isn't listening to you then maybe you should see another one and get a second opinion. but as far as the distractions when talking to people that happens to me all the time. but i get fixated on flaws. chipped teeth, cold sores, hairy moles. HA! the things we do.

JackieBlue...there are so many reasons for what you are describing besides bipolar disorder. If you think your doctor has misdiagnosed you then speak up. Tell the doctor. Write down specific things to share with him/her. Keep a mood chart. And be persistent about getting help. Sometimes we have to push in order to get the right diagnosis and treatment. Hope it gets better for you, hon.

jackie, as i understand it a bipolar diagnosis is having periods of depression and mild or severe states of mania. that periods can be seperated by months.

look around for a definition. anger may be a manifestation of mania. do you remeber having a manic episode - racing thoughts, high energy that sort of thin.

terry