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I was diagnosed with post partum depression 2 1/2 yrs ...
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I was diagnosed with post partum depression 2 1/2 yrs ago. I did not take the prescribed meds or finish treatment program due to the loss of health insurance. I attempted to battle and conquer it on my own. 2 1/2 yrs later I began lashing out, violently. My fits of rage would include periods of blacking out. I sought help. I began therapy and also began taking a drug called Lamictal. After two months things were wonderful, I felt great and like a new person. I started a new job, and had a lapse in medical insurance. I had felt so great I thought it would be ok to go without the therapy and meds for a short time. After all things were going great for me. I''d never been so happy, or so wrong. I became irritable, arrogant and before I knew it I had another fit. I have a hard time remembering the sequence of events and exactly what was said and what happened. I was violent and slapped my spouse, broke his eyeglasses, and kicked his car. Is this from post partum? COuld I be Bipolar?

 

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Female, Age: 27, Massachusetts

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talk therapy, Lamictal

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March 31 2:42 PM (3 minutes and 42 seconds later)
         
Is it possible that I am just out of control and that there is nothing wrong with me mentally? I have suffered from multiple types of abuse in my past. Could that effect me now? I don't understand what is happening to me.
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