Posted by crittercuddler on December 27, 2008, at 15:09:51
In reply to Re: Is THIS anti-depressant induced Mania?, posted by desolationrower on December 26, 2008, at 23:10:04
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I have read Dr. Phelps book "Why am I still depressed?" and have visited his website. After reading his book it made me even more concerned that I may have bipolar type 2.
I believe my moods were up and down and I was irritable before I started having OCD thoughts at age 12. I don't think OCD is a manic symptom though, if I do have bipolar. I am pretty sure I have full blown OCD all on its own. My mood is definitely a casualty to my OCD. It is very depressing and frustrating to always be paralyzed by some irrational fear. Often people will have co morbidity where they have OCD and bipolar. My therapist also told me that bipolar can look like OCD and vice a versa. Who knows. :-( I just want to get better.
I have tried to do some mood charting, but I didn't do well with it because of OCD issues. Perhaps if I make it more simple, like you said. My problem is I get way too detailed with it, I begin to worry that I am not charting accurately and it will mess everything up, etc, etc, catastrophize, catastrophize.
Well, thank you for the suggestions.
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