Posted by SLS on March 12, 2016, at 16:44:03
In reply to Re: depression time periods (afternoon)))SLS » J Kelly, posted by porkpiehat on March 12, 2016, at 14:29:00
> I'm terrible in the afternoons Also. I always blamed it on my lamictal but now I think that might be b*llsh*t. Sometimes it becomes frantic and depressed and then just SNAPS away and I'm happy and hyper around 6 or 7.
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> Scott why did you ask about bipolarity? would it come on in such a consistent pattern during the day?I don't know. I was just curious. I am trying to ascertain whether or not there are commonalities between people who have a midday slump.
Generally speaking, the literature indicates that bipolar depression is most similar to atypical depression. I might be wrong, but it seems to me that bipolar depression symptomatology appears like a hybridization between unipolar atypical and melancholic depressions. For instance, bipolar depression has a greater incidence of psychomotor retardation than does atypical depression. In this respect, it is more like melancholic depression. So, what I am wondering is if the pattern of diurnal variations follows a hybridization of melancholic (good at night) and atypical (good in the morning). This leaves the middle of the day as being the worst time for depression.
I really don't know. I just like to use Psycho-Babble as a source of empirical information. It makes for an interesting population to study. There are things to be learned here.
Is there any bipolarity with you?
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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