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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
Agreed. That long name would need to include problems with self-care, anxiety, cognitive problems experienced during depressions, problems with TODO lists that many people have - a whole lot of things that are not just about being on one pole or the other.
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I am hearing you on that. Sometimes I feel as though bipolar is just the 'kitchen sink' of mental disorders, so may of its symptoms mimic other conditions such as unipolar depression, anxiety, panic, psychosis, ADHD, etc.
But then again, that might not be fair considering that all affective disorders effectively over lap with one another. I don't consider myself having GAD, or Panic Disorder, or ADD, or even depression because I think bipolar just about covers it all. That may be why I think saying I have two poles just doesn't cut it.