Posted by Larry Hoover on March 26, 2005, at 17:06:54
In reply to Re: explain the difference » Larry Hoover, posted by KaraS on March 26, 2005, at 16:44:21
> Your analogy talks about moods only though. What about the depressed agitated states? Can a unipolar experience those or does having those mean that one is bipolar?
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> KThat is a matter of much debate. It depends on whether you measure depression on multiple axies, or not. Irritability, physical agitation, sleep disturbance, cognitive activation....I can think of a host of associated symptoms which may or may not coincide with mood.
I guess that a true unipolar depressive, absent any activating characteristics, might be as rare as a unipolar manic.
Lar
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