Fuzz, did you turn the whole fork around or just the stem and bars? Just turning the stem around will make the bars feel a bit odd but it won't make the bike unridable.

Or if you have a longer stem it would sure make it feel odd. A lot of recumbant riders have to deal with this because the steering is so far out infront of them. They call it "tiller steering" because they end up moving the bars more side to side instead of just turning them. It takes a while to get used to it from what is printed about it.