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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
I'm bipolar and have ADD, and could see them possibly being related, but repressed emotion? That's just about the funniest thing ever! One of the difficult things about being bipolar is that I can't repress these overwhelming emotions if I tried! 
Think of it this way.... are you comfortable with your emotions? Probably not... we cannot express them in normal way.
I used to be hyperserious as child. Things happened... i started having manias... and yes, it feels like my brain went "so you will not be spontegeous? Well, I am gonna be spontageous for you!".
For me it helps to allow myself these emotions. Allow myself be crazy (within limits).
You say people respond to meds "well". I don't know... from what I seen it is almost always hella ride and episodes are still bound to happen. Maybe the more we insist on normality the our minds seem to backfire. If it was biochemical, shouldn't the chemistry be enough? It never is though.
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Unfortunately we're complicated beasties, much too hard to fix that easy, right? Anyway, I was just referring to what I know scientific studies have shown. That doesn't often take into consideration the subjective experience. And every study is incremental, so it takes a long time for complicated conditions to be reasonably well understood.
I don't know about being comfortable with my emotions - how would I tell? I have them, and that's fine, but it gets extreme at times and I'd like to feel like I have a little more control. Kinda like you say, crazy but within limits - I just need help at those limits and it seems like that keeps getting harder and harder for me, so I'll take what help I can get. Of course, everyone has to make their own decisions about what kind of treatment works for them.