Posted by TJO on July 24, 2004, at 6:22:30
In reply to Re: Major Depression May Be Relative of Bipolar Disord, posted by SLS on July 23, 2004, at 18:00:06
> Perhaps unipolar and bipolar disorders are not so much related etiologically as they are just similar in outward appearance. When does a unipolar become a bipolar? The moment he displays mania or hypomania? Right? The point is, he was never unipolar. I think the diagnosticians get a little too nutty with the way they try to enforce the rigid definitions contained in the DSM.
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> I bet there is a tendency for bipolar depression to be subtly, but consistently different from unipolar depression in its expression. Basically, I think bipolar depression resembles anergic atypical unipolar depression except that there is no mood reactivity.
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> Some people with bipolar disorder might never express mania. However, their depression might not respond sufficiently to years of antidepressant treatment until someone gets the bright idea of adding a mood stabilizer.
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> I don't know. I have an open mind.
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> - Scott
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Hi Scott,You know someone could make a case for bipolar disorder being related to schizophrenia too since some people hear voices and see things while they are in a psychotic state.
Tam
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