Posted by Janice on February 11, 2000, at 11:31:14
In reply to rapid cycling, posted by Janice on February 10, 2000, at 22:05:54
hi Abby
i was just rereading your original posting. you may want to look into ADHD also. Abby, I have both manic depression and ADHD, and they can resemble each other. Sometimes they are found together.
How i differentiate mine is by my feelings of self-esteem.
with manic depression, i would feel like i was a great person and could do absolutely anything - well maybe not fly. I felt magical and could sometimes communicate with spirits. I also began to notice it in my teens and it progressed fairly rapidly. I believe the earlier it starts the more likely the manic depression will progress rapidly.
the mixed states, however, were very similar to ADHD.
With ADHD, my feelings about myself are not usually good - but i am tightly coiled and intense. Simple things are difficult and many difficult things are easy. This disorder starts before 6. Often young girls are daydreamy and don't cause problems in school like the little boys do.
I was always rushing around trying to 'get things done', and felt everyone else was 'slow & stupid'. I felt I was living in a slow motion movie picture, and I was irritable as hell.
I would also pace and walk for hours, to help relieve my symptoms. i was not always hyper, sometimes it was hard to get out of bed.
how's your impulse control? do you say things you later regret? Is small talk difficult? any binge eating, or have sex you later regret? change your hair colour alot?
Let me know Abby. I am very curious now, Janice.
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