Hypomania Prozac 01/09/2009 U.S.A. Woman Develops Hypomania on Prozac: Later Diagnosed as Bipolar As They All Are
 
 Summary:<br><br><div><font size="3">Fourth sentence reads:&nbsp; &quot;. It takes hindsight to see that <strong><u>what I thought was &quot;normal&quot; behavior in response to <em>Prozac was in fact at least mild hypomania.&quot;<br /><br /><br /><br /></em></u></strong><a href="http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/08/31/bipolar-depression-and-antidepressants.htm">http://bipolar.about.com/b/2009/08/31/bipolar-depression-and-antidepressants.htm</a> <br /><br /><br /></font><h1><strong>Bipolar Depression and Antidepressants</strong></h1><font size="3">Monday August 31, 2009<br />My first psychiatric diagnosis was major depression, and my first psychiatric medication was <a href="http://drugsaz.about.com/od/drugs/prozac.htm">Prozac</a>. It was prescribed by my GP, not by a psychiatrist. I had a one-week follow-up visit, and then I was turned loose. It takes hindsight to see that what I thought was &quot;normal&quot; behavior in response to Prozac was in fact at least mild hypomania. Someone even called me &quot;the poster child for Prozac.&quot; This was in 1994, and I wasn&#39;t <a href="http://bipolar.about.com/cs/whatme/a/9905_wm_day1.htm">diagnosed with bipolar disorder</a> until 1999, after another antidepressant did a similar thing. <br /><br />What about you? If you went to the doctor for depression, were you prescribed an antidepressant alone? Were you asked if you&#39;d ever had &quot;high&quot; moods? Did the antidepressant bring on mania or hypomania?<br /></font></div> 
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