Posted by Ted on October 27, 2000, at 14:18:24
In reply to Re: Social anxiety and Paxil, posted by S. Howard on October 27, 2000, at 14:03:10
Hi SGH,
Your sleeping problems do sound like bipolar disorder to me -- ultra-rapid cycling, etc. When you are sleepless, are you (hypo-)manic? And your crash-and-burn -- is it terrible depression or just continual sleep? Or both?
> My aunt, ... She thinks I have narcolepsy.
Doesn't sound like narcolepsy to me. Narcoleptics will often pass out and sleep unexpectedly for a few minutes, then wake up. They usually have a trigger -- like laughing at a joke. I will check my Merck Manual and see if I can find anything that sounds like you.
BTW: You are not bipolar. You have bipolar disorder. We are not our disease.
Ted
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