Posted by tootsypop on April 7, 2001, at 11:26:09
In reply to Numb and BP long swing , posted by tootsypop on April 6, 2001, at 23:51:16
Does it help to know that I used to be a cutter?
> I have spent the past few months sliding in and out of states I have spent
> the past 2 months off work I now have a new pdoc that seems to think that
> maybe my problems don't stem from the bipolar as I have not been overrun by
> my emotions but more by the symptoms of them. I have explained that I have
> emotionally gone pretty numb at this point as I think everyone who goes
> through months of emotional torment do and even more so that after years of
> going trough this time and again it is part of a coping mechanisms that I
> have developed in order to not self destruct but instead deal with what I
> can the side effects of the disorder I get become hyper focused on them to
> the point where I no longer feel the emotions that go with them. She now
> believes that maybe I'm not bipolar at all since I'm not showing the emotional
> effects of the disorder.
>
> Is this a real possibility or is it part of a comorbid condition I don't know
> of or am I really having to start over with a new diagnoses. I don't think I'm
> the only one who does this.
>
> Tanya
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