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Antidepressants are known to cause a “bipolar switch,” causing a person to go from being depressed to being manic. This often happens before a person with bipolar disorder has been correctly diagnosed. A healthcare provider may mistakenly believe that a person with bipolar disorder has depression and may prescribe an antidepressant. This can cause a manic episode, which may be dangerous. (Source: http://depression.emedtv.com/trazodone/trazodone-and-bipolar-disorder.html)

I self-medicated for about 7 years, popping in a Prozac whenever I needed a lift-up. In the beginning, it was prescribed by my psychiatrist but she had asked me for follow-up visits which I did not make. I decided on my own that I didn’t need anymore help and just continued with Prozac. It soon became my pick-me-up drug. My manic episodes which were very few and scattered became much more regular and pronounced. I would always be on the edge of exploding off into recklessness and impulsive behavior accompanied by rage and hyper-sexuality or pummeling down to the worst kind of depression. And all this happened within the blink of an eye. The slightest things would set me off. The switches became more and more frequent and pretty soon I was an unstable freak making life miserable for myself and everyone around me. When I finally got help again, my mild episodes from last time had now become a severe form of Bipolar I – Rapid Cycling. The cycles were so rapid, my mind and body were never at peace. Do not make the mistake I made. Do not self-medicate under any circumstances. Choose a health-care provider wisely, and go back when they call you for follow-up visits. No -they are not minting money off of you, they actually want to see the results of the prescribed medications, which usually need a lot of adjusting to before you reach a state of stability.

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