Posted by Ritch on March 26, 2005, at 17:26:14
In reply to Re: explain the difference » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on March 26, 2005, at 17:06:54
> > Your analogy talks about moods only though. What about the depressed agitated states? Can a unipolar experience those or does having those mean that one is bipolar?
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> That is a matter of much debate. It depends on whether you measure depression on multiple axies, or not. Irritability, physical agitation, sleep disturbance, cognitive activation....I can think of a host of associated symptoms which may or may not coincide with mood.
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> I guess that a true unipolar depressive, absent any activating characteristics, might be as rare as a unipolar manic.
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There is a lot of debate right now about whether people who have traditionally been diagnosed with "anxious" or "agitated" depression are actually experiencing bipolar "mixed" symptoms instead. I'm definitely BPII, but my anxiety and panic tend only to happen during seasonal major depressive episodes. I'm not nearly as panicky and anxious in my "high" phases. If I get hostile, however, the panic tends to happen because I freak out about stuff I've said or done.
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