Posted by Leighwit on May 29, 2002, at 16:46:22
In reply to Bipolar/Unipolar depression - differences?, posted by BarbaraCat on May 28, 2002, at 21:21:44
Barbara,
Well, geese ~ you read my mind. I just finished typing a post asking you for this list!
> BarbaraCat Unipolar: Dragging, heavy, sitting on the couch for hours too exhausted or disinterested to move, don't give a rip. No interest in anything, cynical, sarcastic, critical, sleep alot, feel like I'm moving though mud. Feel flat and grim, no joy, everything is a burden and a struggle. Hate life and myself, quiet despair. Body hurts and feels sick. Energy stagnant.
Yup. I would add (for me): Excessive crying, intense despair, anxiety, hypersensitivity, no libido, prone to anger and fits of rage. Low burning anger that erupts over nothing and feels like I can't control. I'm verbally cruel ~ and feel anger that is (probably but I can't tell) disproportionate to the actual incident/situation.
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> BarbaraCat Bipolar: Desperate, frantic, doom and destruction, insomnia, nightmare quality to everything, frantic pacing, hysterical anguished sobbing, hypersensitive, hyper aware of 'existential pain', being sucked into the void, horrible hopelessness. Feel abandoned, cast out and lost in a hostile universe. Scary, black images of decay and desolation. Falling apart, nerves and brain feel inflamed. Not as much somatic distress as with unipolar. Energy frenzied.I experience only the sobbing and hypersensitivity.
Laurie
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> So, wanna share? - Barbara
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