Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 77067

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bipolar Affective?

Posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 10:32:36

What the heck does the affective part mean.

Re: bipolar Affective?

Posted by Squiggles on August 31, 2001, at 10:35:45

In reply to bipolar Affective?, posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 10:32:36

> What the heck does the affective part mean.

Affect means subject to the passions I think;
to be affected is to be moved by emotional
forces, affect is the emotional tone or state,
e.g. "flat affect".

Squiggles

Re: bipolar Affective?

Posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 12:04:31

In reply to Re: bipolar Affective?, posted by Squiggles on August 31, 2001, at 10:35:45

Ok is it good or bad. I mean worse than bipolar2
thanks >

> What the heck does the affective part mean.
>
>
> Affect means subject to the passions I think;
> to be affected is to be moved by emotional
> forces, affect is the emotional tone or state,
> e.g. "flat affect".
>
> Squiggles

Re: bipolar Affective?

Posted by Squiggles on August 31, 2001, at 12:30:01

In reply to Re: bipolar Affective?, posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 12:04:31

> Ok is it good or bad. I mean worse than bipolar2
> thanks >
>
> > What the heck does the affective part mean.
> >
> >
> > Affect means subject to the passions I think;
> > to be affected is to be moved by emotional
> > forces, affect is the emotional tone or state,
> > e.g. "flat affect".
> >
> > Squiggles

Well, to be truthful I have not heard the
term "bipolar affective" but in psychojargon,
I would guess it means simply bipolar - i.e.
manic depressive - two extreme affects - is
it good? NO! Though you may feel high during
manic states, and euphoric you inevitably
crash to the opposite which is pretty hedious,
like Hades :-)

I hope you have not be dx'ed but if you have
there are very good drugs.

Squiggles

Re: bipolar Affective? » bandolph

Posted by Cam W. on August 31, 2001, at 12:37:09

In reply to bipolar Affective?, posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 10:32:36

Bandolf - I believe that Bipolar Affective Disorder is the proper (clinical) name for bipolar disorder (aka manic depression). As the others have said affective basically means mood. For example, depression is also an affective disorder. - Cam

Re: bipolar Affective?

Posted by mila on August 31, 2001, at 12:45:09

In reply to bipolar Affective?, posted by bandolph on August 31, 2001, at 10:32:36

> What the heck does the affective part mean.

you better ask your doc (if it is your diagnosis). It seems to me that this expression means 'schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type', which means 'symptoms of bipolar disorder (of either kind) concurrent with at least 2 symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, or affective flattening'. diagnoses per se are not good or bad, they simply capture the symptoms and guide docs in biological and psychosocial treatment options. if you are interested in whether prognosis is good or bad, the numbers that i have are
55% of people with bipolar disorder symptoms recover after drug treatment and family therapy
>60% of people with symptoms of schizophrenia recover (do not relapse after 2 years)after combined drug therapy+social skills training+family stress management.

hope this helps

mila

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