I think I have a bipolar disorder, one doctor confirmed, one said may be mild chances, many said ocd, anxiety,secondary depression. I am very worried about a wrong diagnosis, I have been prescribed fluoxetine 40 mg, 2.5 mg olanzapine and 0.5 mg etilaam in the name of ocd. Will this help me incase I have bipolar. I think etilaam should be excluded and also the doctor will do the tapering assuming I have ocd and depression. Shown to a lot of doctors. Some have recommended fluvoxamine with olanzapine or etilaam. Need time to finalize the doctor. Kindly throw light on safe bipolar medication even if mis or undiagnosed. Also 3 years back had ocevox50, olizmd,ezolent plus and oximed which worked fine, I left it on my own after a year's time. I have racing thoughts, no emotional fluidity, slowed brain and speech, difficulty in constructing ideas or arranging thoughts in mind, each one ruled out schizophrenia, I am impulsive, keep changing topics, I argue and I am talkative.

Mr. Saul PereiraPsychologist50yrs exp

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In some cases it is not unusual to find overlapping symptoms. The various diagnoses may be right in their own way. Also sometimes you may manifest these symptoms at different times without consistency: therefore the confusion. If need be you can visit a clinical psychologist and do psychological tests that will determine your exact diagnosis. Equipped with this, your visit to a doctor will be more productive and and prescription can be more accurate. Dosages may however vary until they reach the 'optimum dose' that will be the dose you will be put on until your symptoms disappear or you have developed enough skills to cope adequately with your condition. I strongly suggest that you seek the help of a counselor in tandem with the medication. This will help you develop tools and techniques to counter the symptoms and equip you for life. And this last bit is very very important: never, never stop medication on your own and always do so with the help of the doctor.  

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Dr. Saranya DevanathanPsychiatrist50yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, bipolar disorder is a longitudinal diagnosis. Since you keep changing the doctors, each one sees you at a cross sectional time. Ocd, depression, anxiety etc are common diagnosis during depressive episode. Now that you have recurrent episodes and one episode of racing thoughts, argumentative and over talkative, bipolar disorder is a possibility. Please consult with one psychiatrist with all the prescriptions of previous doctors. If you can, take one family member who has observed you over years to give more history of previous episodes and family history of bipolar disorder. However the same treatment will be given under cover of a long term mood stabiliser.  

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