changing diagnosis??

[angelnichole620]

at age 17 i was diagnosed with bipolar Nos. basically it was explained (to my understanding) as this... Ive got part of  bipolar I and part of bipolar II so its NOS?? idk.. i just knew i was bipolar that was enough for me..  but anyways is it possible to change to a different type of bipolar?? like I've found myself cycling a whole lot more here lately.. usually I'll stay the same for a while or until something sets me off. but now its just like one second I'm euphoric almost and the next devastated.. for no particular reason.. i just feel like someone is in my head playing with my switch like a kid does with the light switch.. i just wondered if it was possible for me to just change to rapid cycle or what?? i don't' know..  

[angelnichole620]

i went to that site.. as far as i'm understanding i am unable to get medicaid. i am able to work i''m just unable to find a job. idk.. i have no idea where to look. this is impossible.

[angelnichole620]

ok thanks.. i'll definatly look into that.. i've got to find SOMETHING thats going to help... i'm driving myself crazy thanks again. i'm looking it up now.

[ILADVOCATE]

If you don't have a job you could apply for Medicaid. You could find out more information at your local independent living center:
http://www.ilru.org/html/publications/directory/index.html

[angelnichole620]

as of right now i'm not on any medicine right now. i lost my job and moved away so i have no doctor nor meds. haven't been taking my meds since feburary and i moved in june. i was doing alright and then now not so much.. i don't know what it going on.. i hated my medicine because i felt... nothing. i couldn't laugh when i was supposed to i couldn't cry or feel sad. i was just there. no feelings nothing.. i always explained it as this..
when your leg goes to sleep you can feel that your touching your leg but its numb. you feel the slightest pinch of what your actually doing to your leg. thats what i felt like. i felt a little but not even enough to know if it was real or not.. i was just going through the motions and didnt' feel anything. so at the time i had no problem stopping my medicine. and now i'm feeling way too much. and i'm changing moods from one extreme to the other.
we don't have money right now. i still have not been able to find a job. so seeing a doctor is pretty impossible now. i don't know what to do?? thank you guys for your replies... and thanks for listening. :)

[adel_ezz]

hi

sure you are on some meds. sometimes AD's trigger this. they also triggr mixed states.

i have a stupid pdoc (i usually consult a bunch of them simultaneously because i trust none) who kept writing anafranil (tricyclic AD) to me and then convincing me that i am a rapid cycler, until i read that AD's can trigger this. Of course i stopped it and nowadays i don't cycle.

so i would watch out for my meds first, see what has changed in terms of type or dose. many drugs are good though for rapid cycling, e.g lamictal

[ILADVOCATE]

Bipolar might change over time or the original diagnosis of the specific form of bipolar might be wrong. Best to explain to your psychiatrist what is going on and keep a mood tracker here and print it out to them so they can best understand what is going on and decide what to do from there. Rapid cycling is very common. I experienced it before I got stabilized on a mood stabilizer in clinical study.