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Jul 20, 2013, 02:29 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by Confusedinomicon
This is just what I suspect;
I find that most describing ultra rapid cycling may have a commorbid anxiety disorder or bpd. I know for a fact that anxiety can cause mood to alter quickly. I also noticed a lot of people are taking prescriptions for anxiety related issues.
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I have co-morbid anxiety/ptsd, it can get very severe. But it feels very different. I don't know if this really happens, but I can see how a bout of really bad anxiety can feel like a sort of hypomania. Intense anxiety can actually make you hyper, agitated, talk fast, distracted, etc. --in theory, anyway, I don't usually get all of these, mostly a lot of fear, difficulty leaving the house, etc.
But to what you said, I can see how it may 'seem' like cycles are more frequent, if some of those cycles are actually part and parcel of anxiety and/or BPD. Who knows. I can see how it would be difficult to distinguish between all of this and it seems possible that if you're struggling with all of these things, at one time or another you're dealing with one or the other, so there's always (often) something going on.
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