Posted by deirdrehbrt on February 9, 2006, at 19:38:41
In reply to Re: Help in the Ethereal Plane, posted by Bauxite on February 9, 2006, at 11:42:48
Here are a some studies showing that there is in fact a difference in the brain structure between "normal" people and those with bipolar disorder.
These studies were done with MRI. There are plenty more available.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do, or what not to do, but there is a REAL difference in the brains of bipolar people and the average person in society. That's not to say that they can give you an MRI and *prove* that you are or aren't bipolar, but there are some significant advances going in that direction.
It's hard because what's going on is going on in the brain, and you can't just take it out and have a look.
Just because we don't have a blood test for it, or some other physical diagnostic tool doesn't mean it isn't real. It just means we don't fully understand it yet.
Whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best. I hope that you don't get put in a hospital against your will. I hope you don't get severely manic or depressed. I hope that what you do works for you.
--DeeSome references below.
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/3/254?view=abstract
http://www.ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/8/1139
http://www.neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/3/1/18
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