Posted by emmanuel98 on September 15, 2010, at 20:10:25
In reply to Re: hrguru - Re: Anti-psychotics not mood stabilizers?, posted by violette on September 15, 2010, at 18:42:44
I have had very unstable moods. I get severely depressed, then snap out of it when I get busy. One psychiatrist I saw in a hospital suggested this was "hypomania" and I was bipolar 2. But there's a difference between hypomania (whatever the heck that is) and just feeling normal when busy. I think it's more likely that I have occasional bouts of atypical depression with mood reactivity and that I'm just moody. I don't get into hyper states, I just feel better sometimes.
To tell the truth, I don't even know what bipolar 2 is or how you would diagnose it. Hypomania is such a vague concept. Yet clinicians use it to justify mood stabilizers. My p-doc, who I also see for therapy refuses to diagnose me as having anything but recurrent depression.
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