Posted by fayeroe on June 14, 2008, at 13:58:43
In reply to Hormonal vs. Bipolar, posted by llurpsienoodle on June 14, 2008, at 9:56:14
> Hi Dave,
> I'm so happy to see that you've become a regular poster here.
>
> I've been Dx'd as bipolar 3x by different clinicians, but also as hormonal by my marriage therapist. Go figure. Yeah, hormones can really screw with the mind. That's no joke. I watch my moods carefully around PMS time, and can almost predict which day will be my bitchy day. Fortunately I only have one of those a month. steer clear!
>
> -LlHi, Dave. Welcome to PB.
My thoughts on hormones vs. mental issues are this....I went through menopause with no problems whatsoever. I've never felt that my hormones affected me in mental ways. Physically, the absence of enough estrogen causes some headaches and insomnia.
BipolarII has almost ruined my life. I was mis-diagosed for most of my adult life. I got the proper DX in 2007 from a very young Pdoc. He has me on lamictal and it has stabilized my moods nicely. However, I have what I call "low-grade" depression and now we are trying various ADs to see if I can get over the hump.
I am so sorry about Slinky. I did not know her but I can tell from the posts here that she was very special.
Take care, Pat
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