Posted by bonnie on June 3, 2002, at 1:13:08
In reply to Re: rediagnosis: bipolar II, posted by katekite on June 2, 2002, at 10:20:14
> Were you hypomanic? what happened and for how long?
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> katewell, apparently i was hypomanic for a while--at least according to pdoc & second opinion pdoc. after six months of being on zoloft for the second time i started to experience the euphoria i got from benig on zoloft right at the beginning. i felt on top of the world, was spending too much money, was traveling whenever the whim hit me, was feeling very grandiose about myself etc. but my question was always: what if im just going through a phase? what if i just happen to feel like letting off some steam right now? what if i just feel like im cool right now? why does that mean im bipolar II? but their point was that i had a pattern of cycling depression/hypomania. and that was very true--months and months of being down, followed by happiness and striving and glory, only to be followed by more depression. but doesnt everyone. isnt that just being human...it just makes me wonder: when i say "i feel down" what does that really mean to someone? isnt everyone's "i feel down" so different that it's impossible to gauge how depressed someone really is? i wish they just had a little test for these psychological diagnoses, a pap smear we could all take to figure out what's wrong...
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