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Bipolar III caused by antidepressants?

Posted by cg1973 on March 19, 2008, at 22:13:09

I've been diagnosed with everything under the sun in the last 10 years but finally did "OK" on a combination of Zoloft and Dexedrine for ADD. However, I still have problems with focus and motivation as well as some pretty extreme fatigue. I just saw a new psychiatrist and she suggested that I might have a Bipolar Disorder. I really don't think it's Bipolar because I am rarely anything even close to manic and my ADD seems to be more of the inattentive type but, she insisted. She talked about Bipolar III and said that it's a form of Bipolar that develops due to changes in the brain caused by the long term use of anti-depressants (I've been on Prozac or some other SSRI for 10 years).
Does anyone have any advice or experience with this Bipolar III disorder? I'm a little skeptical of it.
Also, doctor prescribed Geodone to take in addition to everything else. I'm completely baffled as to how a medicine to treat mania is going to help me stop being tired but maybe that's just me...


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