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Re: What News Shawn ?

Posted by cybercafe on July 29, 2002, at 21:59:51

In reply to Re: What News Shawn ? , posted by Shawn. T. on July 29, 2002, at 21:18:28

> I believe that I decided this about a week ago. I self diagnosed it; the evidence seems to be there. I have an appointment with my

Hmmm... i know there is a mania rating scale -- but i find it much harder to fill out objectively than the hamilton depression scale -- perhaps because i have nothing to compare the h-mania to (what's normal?)

>previous psychiatrist, which was dysthmia with comorbid anxiety. Bipolar II is one of the most

yeah... did you find your dysthymia was constant mood or went up and down (cyclothymia)?

i know they both tend to start at an earlier age that most depressive disorders

>difficult diagnoses in medicine to make; I have really started to show strong signs of it in the

hmmm... i found it pretty easy to make... i mean... i was upset when my doc didn't accept my self-diagnosis .... it has always been pretty obvious that there were times i would talk faster and louder than others.... or get really excited in a situation where others just couldn't understand what i was so excited about...
.... i think i have a bit of a cluster B axis II disorder ... (narcissistic personality disorder perhaps) and that certainly has an underlying mood instability to it...

>past two years (I realize now). I am lucky that I caught it early; it gets worse when untreated.

yeah... i wonder if that is grounds for a lawsuit?

>Believe it or not, I am glad that I am bipolar; it has done me more good than harm.

... i could sure use some of that h-mania right about now


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