Posted by baseball55 on March 22, 2016, at 19:08:56
In reply to Re: Tricyclics and bipolar depression » B2chica, posted by linkadge on March 21, 2016, at 18:39:39
> I think in 50 years, medicine will recognize that it was an error to try and fit patients into a handful of discrete categories.
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> I have had severe, vegetative depression with frequent periods of agitation and suicidal thoughts and plans. My psychiatrist said once, we know this is not typical depression. Call it bipolar 3-c or whatever you want. I liked that. We all experience things differently and are sometimes hard to fit in a particular DSM diagnosis. Of course, you need to pick a DSM category for the insurance companies.
I don't think it is correct to assume that, if Ads make you agitated, you are bipolar. It may just be that a reduction in depressive symptoms uncovers underlying problems, like anger or suicidality.
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