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A member asked:

Is it too late to be disgnoais with bipolar order, one minute im happy next minute i'm so piss off, i take anexity pills also, but i stop taking them.

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Addiction: No. Mental illness can be diagnosed at any time. If you have been taking addicting medications daily and then stop them there can be a very difficult transition to normal. Perhaps you should discuss this with your physician or an addiction psychiatrist.

Answered 11/8/2013

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