I'm now an infrequent lurker but am glad to hear of your update. Even though it is a tough diagnosis it is also empowering to know what you're dealing with... remember how frustrating the big unknown can be? I'm sorry you're going through tough times though!

I am just an uneducated opinion but frankly even the so-called educated doctors don't seem to know that much about the chicken/egg conundrum of mental health versus physical injury. For what it's worth... whether you had the tendencies or not before injury, if it's indeed clear that you have bipolar disorder now, then that is what you must deal with and treat, alongside whatever else helps you cope with PCS. So whether its caused by injury or not, it shouldn't change how doctors deal with it, right? I'm hoping! I don't understand why they are trying to even figure out the cause, maybe I'm missing something.

As you can see I'm not up to snuff these days, I'm giving all my good marbles to my workplace and there's not much left upstairs for anything else. Lol

I hope you find healing, and peace. Good to hear from you.

Hello MsRrio!

Good to hear from you too! I'm glad your back to work plan is going fairly smoothly. I don't think the doctors here are trying to figure out what caused what they are just trying to figure out if it is really bipolar or concussion symptoms to decide the best course of treatment. I've been here 2 months now and have been told I will be 8-10 more weeks minimum of medication changes.

It's great to be finally getting some help and I've had days where I see some great improvement but it's sad because then they change a med and it all changes again! On the good days I really don't want to be in here, especially during the summer on beautiful days! But, when they've adjusted a medication and I'm having a bad reaction to it then I know this is where I need to be.

Still just taking it one day at a time! All the best to you!

CC