Posted by brynb on January 7, 2013, at 16:56:32
In reply to Re: BPD vs. Bipolar, posted by ChicagoKat on January 6, 2013, at 15:10:30
> I suffer from depression which can chage to anxiety like a switch is flipped. When I was inpt. last week the pdoc I had said that many psychiatrists are starting to put this sort of disorder on the bipolar spectrum. Sure, I get no mania, but I get a more 'active' form of disease in the form of anxiety. It actually made me feel good to hear this b/c I've always thought that this kind of thing may be a possible explanation of my illness.
> Just wanted to throw this out there, I think it is interesting.
> Kat
Kat-Makes a lot of sense to start viewing those of us w/ "MDD" as possibly having the wrong diagnosis. I know my pdoc can't seem to definitively diagnose me as MDD w/GAD or Bipolar 2, even though the more I read and hear about it, the more Bipolar 2 seems like an accurate diagnosis. It definitely would explain the rapid cycling, amongst other things. I think my pdoc still views Bipolar 2 as being less fluid than the newer theories about it. I met with him today though, and he added Trileptal to my mix, and it seems he's now leaning towards Bipolar 2 as a plausible diagnosis.
I'm not really concerned with the label; I just want to feel as close to "normal" as possible and perhaps a diagnosis will point me in the right direction. As far as BPD goes, some of the defining characteristics resonate with me, but most don't.
Glad you're back =).
-b
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