The nurse practitioner I'm seeing about my ADHD diagnosed me with bipolar disorder
She literally could not have surprised me more if she tried
This makes no sense to me but it's scaring me a lot :(
I don't really remember having manic episodes? Depressive maybe but it's usually after something bad happens to me and not really consistently....
I told her I put off making this appointment cuz I've been feeling really bad recently, then she just asked me a few questions like if people say I talk too much sometimes or if I do things impulsively and prescribed me an antipsychotic (aripiprazole) wtf
I asked some family and they haven't noticed anything like this... idk :(. Has this happened to anyone else? Am I just in denial? I'm afraid to take this drug she gave cuz I really don't need to be even more tired all the time... or tardive dyskinesia or something (unlikely, worst case)
Well if people around you haven't ever noticed any manic or hypomanic episodes in you and you didn't report having these to the nurse practitioner then I feel like the bipolar diagnosis probably isn't a good fit.
I really shouldn't gloat by saying that I called it. Suffice it to say that your post set my expectations for this clinic at that level and this tracks.
Sorry you're having a bad time with it. Go rest up and come back to this post/situation/both of them when you're feeling up to it - there's no time pressure.