I went to the psych about a week ago. I kept forgetting to actually post, although I've also been busy. We found out a few weeks ago that we needed to move because the owners' of our house want to sell. Luckily we found a place pretty quickly and signed the papers last week. I also finished up my grading for the ANU medical school, so now I've just got a lot of packing to do before we move in a couple weeks!
After going to see my GP about my mental health a month or so ago, he contacted the Belconnen Medical Centre to get me an appointment with a psychologist. While I was on the waiting list, they contacted me a few times to see how I was going. I missed one call from them when I was at the rheumatologist. (Which wasn't worth a blog post. I was doing well and so we are going to halve my anti-inflammatory meds.)
I tried calling back but they never got back to me. I was about to go to my GP for a new prescription for my mood stabilizers when they FINALLY got back to me. Someone had cancelled so they had an appointment the next day.
The psych said that I might have bipolar II, but he's not sure. Some of my symptoms were fairly consistent with bipolar II, but some were a bit different. He wanted to hold off on a label. (I was also much calmer since the mood stabilizer which makes it a bit harder to diagnose since he didn't see me in what seemed like hypomania.) But he said that my GP did the right thing with starting me on mood stabilizers. They can be used for preventing mania or treating it. The psych told me to halve my current dose and continue treatment with my GP.
I'm not sure if I'll go completely off them in the future and just use them to control future episodes or as a preventative measure. I guess we'll have to wait and see how I feel.
