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Old Sep 21, 2016, 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mossanimal View Post
So I'm curious about something. I know that meds like anti-depressants and stimulants can mimic the symptoms of BPD. But do these things have a GREATER effect on somebody who is on the bipolar spectrum versus somebody who is not at all? Let's take a stimulant like caffeine for example (somebody alluded to this in an earlier thread). I know people who drink coffee all day and it doesn't seem to do anything. But for me.. I'm an instant spaz. But not all of the time. Sometimes it doesn't seem to do anything... but some days.. Feeling Good days: Spaz.
There is much much more to both mania and depression than, for instance, spazing out on coffee. The two, mania and tripping out on coffee, IMO simply cannot be comparred due to there being so many differences. It would be easy to tell someone who received a stimulant apart from someone with mania. However, ADs can cause mania in some with BP.

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