anyone with CFS been diag.w/depreesion or bi polar

[chadry]

My son who is now 29 was diagnosed when he was 17 with CFS. They say he must have had a mild case of mono that went undetected. We probably just thought it was the cold or flu.
He has had his bouts over the years with the fatigue. Sometimes for a few days and sometimes for a few weeks.
About a 1 1/2 he went through some very stressful situations. Loss of his business and a personal betrayal that occurred with this. He was pretty devastated at the time. He felt hopeless because he had worked so hard to get there.
He did not see a way out. He began sleeping again and then he was diagnosed as depressed and put on all kinds of meds. These meds were driving him crazy and he kept telling the doctors this so what do they do they up the dose or add other meds to it. so he went into a hospital and they said he was not depressed he was bi polar.
Now new meds and he looks and feels horrible. I am so worried about him.
He can't work because he hurts all over especially in his hands and knees. The little bit of energy he does  have the meds take away.
Has anyone else ever been through this. Can the CFS mimic the signs of bi polar. My son does not feel it is CFS because he says he knows that he gets tired usually only once or twice a year and then he is OK again
I have been doing more research again. It seems there is a lot more info now then when he was younger. I tried to explain that in times of stress his body may be reacting to it a lot different than other peoples.
he has state insurance so his doctor choices are limited. I am at the point where I will pay for a doctor visit so he can get tests done and a really good check up.
I told him that we need to see a new physc. and i will pay for it. We need some new sets of eyes on this. We need to start at the beginning again and not have meds just thrown his way and when they don't work or make him worse adding more or upping the dosage. He does not like living like this but with the insurance he has he is at their mercy. He has agreed that he does need new doctors and I told him not to worry about the money part i will do what i have to to get him to see other people.
There is no spark in his eyes at all. He has always been on the thin side but now he looks horrible. I am so worried.
I do not think it is depression or bi polar. I am thinking back to his childhood and until he got diagnosed with CFS in his senior year he was a very happy healthy child. The reason i took him to be checked is because of the new sleeping pattern. he was never like that growing up.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Chadry

[chadry]

Thanks for the reply.
has any medication that you have taken for the bi polar made you worse? Not worse with the bi polar with my physical symptoms. All these medications they are putting him on are making him physically sick and in more pain. He can barely use his hands and arms to do things that need any kind of strength like gripping a screwdriver.
I am going to start contacting new doctors this week to see if we can't do something different.
I can not believe all the new things i have read lately regarding CFS. When he was first diagnosed over 10 years ago there was not that much info around.
Apparently this has a different name too before it was CFS.
Chadry

[kf7354]

I am 40 and have been diagnosed w/ Bi-polar & depression since I was a teen.  In the last 2 years I became really sick and chronic fatigue just overtook my life.  I have never been one to ever sleep much due to migraines and body aches so I thought being tired was just from not sleeping.  I was just diagnosed this past year with Fibromyalgia and that cause chronic pain.  So one can & will make the other symptoms seem more sever.