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Small Update
So I have been having bad depression/anxiety problems lately, and I've been on here asking you gals (and guys) about anti depressants, and talking about how I'm having some behavior issues...well I've been diagnosed bipolar, which I what I thought originally but wasn't too sure. My Dr. has changed my medication from Wellbutrin to Prozac and we're on a trial run with that. In three weeks if I don't feel better, I'm going to be going to a psychiatrist to find a combination of medications that do work, so lets hope that this works!
And as for my codependency issues, I think it's part of my depressive episodes. I've been on a manic episode the last 4 days and I've been so happy that nothing is bothering me. I'm not missing the brit when I leave in the morning, and when I come home I'm not all super squishy about him. I'm just enjoying him, which is what I want, but when I fall out of the mania, I'm SUPER depressed. So yeah, I'm a little bit crazy after all. Hopefully the meds actually work 
Re: Small Update
Thank you! For the longest time I really thought something major was wrong with me because I was already on meds and they weren't working. I thought it was a character flaw or my bad decisions or something but I'm relieved that I know what is wrong now and I know I'm not defective. It's just something that was never addressed in my family growing up because my mother never believed that mental illness was an option, just an excuse. Who knows how long I've had these issues, because I could remember being 15 years old and freaking out for no reason. Thank God, I can get this fixed now.
If you've not yet seen a psychiatrist, who made the diagnosis and prescribed your current medication? If it was a GP, I urge you to see a psychiatrist asap. I'm not confident that a GP can accurately diagnose something so complicated or know how to properly treat it. Frankly, I'm uncomfortable when anyone other than a psychiatrist prescribes any sort of anti-depressant or treats depression -- let alone a mood disorder.
If it WAS a psychiatrist that diagnosed you, then please ignore this.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Ditto. Mental health is such a complicated issue, and there are so many medications out there and everybody reacts differently to them. There can be lots of trial and error before you figure out what exactly the problem is and what the best course of treatment is for you. Not to knock GPs, because they certainly play an important role in the health care system, but when you're talking about brain chemistry it's really important to go to a specialist, just as you would see an oncologist instead of a GP if you had cancer.
I am glad to hear that you can put a name on what ails you, though- that's really important to realizing that you're not inherently broken or defective and that you can get better and enjoy a higher quality of life.