Posted by Bob on August 21, 2008, at 14:16:50
In reply to Re: The stakes are too high. » Bob, posted by SLS on August 21, 2008, at 1:32:16
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> > > I think I project a great deal of my recent success using drug therapy onto the majority. It is wishful thinking, I know, but sometimes wishful thinking leads to success.
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> > > Don't stop.
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> > > You have only one chance at life. Don't waste too many ticks of the clock thinking that you are smarter than man's current compendium of knowledge.
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> > > By the way, drugs work.
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> > > - Scott
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> > Scott:
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> > If you don't mind me asking, what would you characterize your base core illness as, i.e. what is your official diagnosis? Are you a more or less pure unipolar depressive, or are there complicating factors for you?
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> Yes. I am an unusual bipolar who stays severely depressed for decades, but who can be made psychotically manic by certain antidepressant drugs. I believe there will be a new diagnosis for this condition added to the DSM V. Furthermore, I spent a few years as an ultra rapid cycler with a period of 11 days marked by 8 days of severe depression followed by 3 days of normalcy. I think most rapid cyclers are true bipolars, whether the reach mania or not.
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I think if I searched long and hard enough I could find a doctor to classify me as BP not otherwise specified, but I'm not sure how it would change my treatment. I've never been full manic at all, and have only experienced what I would call true hypomania from meds, so whatever I have it's strange. Problem with any type of a bipolar diagnosis is that then docs start talking mood stabilizers, and for me that mean depression, lethargy, fatigue, confusion and even suicidality from some.
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