Bipolar Disorder/Add/ Bipolar?

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Dr. Golberg,
 I recently went to a psychiatrist because I felt I had add. The doctor told me that Ihe thinks I have ADD and Bipolar Disorder. He started me on Abilify. I never thought I was bipolar. I have always been too excited and high strung but never depressed to the point of it being a problem. It has only been a week on the Abilify but I still feel like everything is going crazy. I am running around and nervous more than ever. I am figity and I talk ALOT. Do you think Abilify will help me. I am currently taking 5mg. once daily?
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William

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Hi . . .

There is no way I can determine if the doctor's diagnosis is correct or not. If the 5 mg/day of Abilify is not helping, please contact the doctor and let him know exactly what is going on.

Best regards . . .

Ivan
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.

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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.

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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.

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