Posted by Squiggles on September 21, 2006, at 19:31:56
In reply to Re: the brain » Squiggles, posted by alexandra_k on September 21, 2006, at 18:44:39
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> Why does it sound like a crap shoot to you?
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> Do you mean in your case of in the case of bipolar in general? Do you mean in your case or in the case of mental illness in general?Crapshoot means "chancy", as in throwing the
dice and letting roll where it will. And that
is what I mean-- that covering many areas of
mental illness is a crapshoot-- it could be
the personal crisis, it could be the background of the person, it could be alienation or early separation, it could be syphillis, it could be a brain tumour, or it could be-- gasp-- mental illness.
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> > Yes. I was hoping that i had a chance at
> > being normal, in this accidental withdrawal.
> > The fact that i didn't proves that I am bipolar.
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> I don't understand how it proves you are bipolar. Bipolar is a name given to describe certain behaviours. That is all.Well, I had the same symptoms as those of 20 years ago when i was given lithium for severe mood swings, insomnia, psychomotor agitation, and depression and mania, and suicidal ideation.
Upon reinstating the proper lithium, those symptoms stopped. All them.
Therefore, when the lithium (the usual one; not the counterfeit or bad one) was removed, after some months manic-depression reared its ugly head. Upon taking the right lithium i recovered.
If that is not proof of bipolar disorder, then at least lithium worked for whatever those symptoms which they call "bipolar" were. Got any suggestions of what else it could have been?
This is a six-month trial-- not a long test, and a surprising one too-- i was actually analyzing the counterfeit powder to see how it was different. I knew it was different - i felt great at first, and then started sinking into those symptoms.
Certainly, my doctor has not disputed it.
Squiggles
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