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Originally Posted by dark_heart_x
Actually, depression is a common co-morbid diagnosis with major chronic illness. I work in a diabetes education center and about 85% of our patients are also diagnosed with depresion. About 2% of them are bipolar. We've seen one man who had schizophrenia and diabetes.
We even have a really basic "test" on our new patient information sheet designed to spot depression so that if people answer yes to the questions we alert their PCP, that's how common it is, and we try not to let people fall through the cracks.
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My post regarding chronic illnesses and little to no MI was more of a generality. I'm fully aware ppl w/such illnesses do develop depression, etc. i've seen it happen.
My views are from my own experiences, many years, just as everyone else's.
I had an awful mixed episode yesterday and some of today, complete with severe anxiety. I thought to myself, "I would never pick this. The highs are never worth it. I would rather have the rest of my family's constitution anyday."
