Posted by Caedmon on March 12, 2006, at 23:49:25
In reply to Re: sub-therapeutic doses, posted by linkadge on March 8, 2006, at 18:44:49
> I personally think that bipolar is overblown. Some doctors are lumping all of the symtpoms that were once classified as depression into that of bipolar.
>
> Anxiety -> Bipolar
> Agitation -> Bipolar
> Anger -> Bipolar
>I don't know, this might be a simplistic representation of the concept. It would be AS simplistic as saying that every presentation of anxiety, agitation, or anger were a symptom of DEPRESSION (which of course they are not - mood states shouldn't be immediately classed as pathological in the first place).
http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/02_diagnosis.html
Interesting thread though.
I was Dx'ed bipolar spectrum, by a very enlightened pdoc, and am much better for it because the Tx is winding up more effective.
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