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Jun 25, 2013, 07:14 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
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Of course I don't know if this is the case with you, but I read somewhere that some people who are often depressed, when they are in a good mood, it's so radically different from what they are used to feeling, it feels a lot 'better than good.' Perhaps this is what your psychiatrist is referring to.
We can't diagnose you with bipolar (or not diagnose you), but what I think is important to keep in mind is that it is, at its core, an episodic illness. A constellation of symptoms (I think 3 or more) occur over a period of time; for example, outbursts of anger would be part of a constellation of other symptoms that persist over a period of time and are not a reaction to something in the environment.
If you do not agree with the diagnosis, you could seek out another psychiatrist for a second opinion.
I don't know if you're in therapy, but it can often help with mood dysregulation of all kinds.
Meanwhile, these are the DSM criteria for bipolar disorder mania and hypomania. Keep in mind that symptoms appear episodically with "normal" (whatever is normal for you, different for everyone) periods in between.
DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria for Bipolar Disorder | |
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