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Old Aug 11, 2010, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Innerzone View Post
Yeah, not sure how I feel about the possibility of ADHD. It seems like it might be easily confused with some bipolar-y stuff, even if not specifically listed for DSM criteria. We'll see. It'll take some time to consider it. Like... can I not focus because of being down and not processing well? Or when up that the thoughts are just *too* plentiful to keep track? Though when I'm up, I usually feel like the synapses are firing so rapidly I sometimes feel that I might as well think for everyone else too, since they're "obviously" not up to the task(!) Not fast enough for my taste anyway(!) Could this lead me to interrupting? Almost for sure. So.... guess I'll have to think hard about how much these things come into play in the middle times. Am I impatient because I'm impulsive or it it that I tend to very much be aware of what people are about to say? Impulsive or am I in fact *so* focused that this comes easily?
I agree with you that ADD and ADHD can share symptoms with BP. It is possible that a person could have a dual diagnosis, but I would also question the diagnosis.
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