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May 26, 2013, 11:08 AM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by genetic
In my view, you need to have an updated diagnosis and be treated for whatever it is
that is causing your depression. The highs and lows do sound like bipolar II, but it could
be anything, frankly, and as another said, we can't diagnose.
You do need to be on medication, though, and a psychiatrist could help you so much
to get stable and feel so much better.
Please make that appointment and end the suffering you're going through.
(Incidentally, bipolar II is not considered the most serious of mental illnesses. The
depression is difficult and draining, but there is no psychosis and there are no full blown manic attacks. As one said, the illness is a spectrum and is constantly changing in its effects.
Someone has even suggested (a professional) that it is part of the spectrum of bipolar and schizophrenia illness. I'm reasonably confident you don't have schizophrenia.)
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To clarify, because this is very important, I believe what you're referring to is a post about a study that shows that bipolar disorder, schizophrenia (and I think a couple of others) share some of the same gene mutations (I believe there was an article on PC, though I've read it elsewhere as well, it's a relatively new study). But sharing some genes does not mean that all of these illnesses are on a common/the same 'spectrum,' that would be something else entirely. In other words, an extreme end of bipolar is *not* a form of schizophrenia or vice versa.
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