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Jun 24, 2013, 07:54 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by faerie_moon_x
Dealing with Cognitive Dysfunction
Calling bipolar disorder a "MOOD DISORDER" is the biggest stigma perpetrated by the very doctors who are treating most people. The REAL problems comes from the issues with cognition.
"I can't pay attention."
"I can't remember what I just read."
"I forget where I put my keys/purse/wallet all the time."
"I forget what someone said right after they said it."
"I jump from one project to the next."
"I never finish what I start."
Etc. etc. etc.
Some have it worse than others.
Stabalizing your mood is only one aspect of bipolar. But if your cognition continues to fall apart, you are no longer able to function at school, work, home. Period. And a good mood won't help that.
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My understanding is that these cognitive issues, in bipolar, are present only during episodes, not as a continuing, constant problem. Which is to say, as everything in bipolar (per criteria), symptoms appear only in the context of episodes (for example, slow/dulled cognition during depressive episodes, easily distracted during a hypomanic or manic episode).
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