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#1
Dec 02, 2012, 11:45 AM
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I've suffered from cyclothymia for a few years now and it scares people off and even my family is a bit startled by my mood swings (alternate euphoria and dysthymia). I'm unstable and I just wish I were a normal person at times.
It does keep things interesting, though. |
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Dec 02, 2012, 06:10 PM
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Hi my Pdoc thought I might be cyclothymic too but I think it was hormonal (menopause) so we're sticking with bipolar I.
What kind of treatment are you getting? Man I couldn't stand my moods shifting so quickly -the big swings are bad enough. 
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Dec 02, 2012, 08:46 PM
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Yes are you on any meds? If so what? Just wondering. I thought I was cyclothimic for a while but found out I was bp. I know what the quick swings are like though I've been described as a switch.
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Dec 03, 2012, 03:38 PM
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I have cyclothymia, and it's horrible. Even I don't know who I am. It's the most confusing illness ever. And it really rattles my box when people say "you're not as bad as the bi polar people". Perhaps not but it's bad enough for me. I have bi polar friends and I can be more off key than they are :-/
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Dec 03, 2012, 04:53 PM
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Cyclothymia is not bipolar? How is what's described above to BPD? I was told at the hospital that BPD was mood swings really up and down and close together. (Which isn't me.)
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Dec 03, 2012, 05:51 PM
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It's on the bi polar spectrum, not associated with bpd xx
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Dec 03, 2012, 06:23 PM
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Weird that they said that to me then.
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Dec 04, 2012, 12:41 AM
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What's cyclomythic?
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Dec 04, 2012, 12:55 PM
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Cyclothymic disorder is a mild form of bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) in which a person has mood swings over a period of years that go from mild depression to emotional highs. Episodes of hypomania (see: Bipolar disorder) and mild depression occur for at least 2 years (1 or more years in children and adolescents) Mood swings are less severe than in bipolar disorder or major depression Symptoms are persistent, with no more than 2 symptom-free months in a row |
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Dec 04, 2012, 12:57 PM
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Dec 04, 2012, 04:36 PM
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Dec 05, 2012, 11:52 AM
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BPD- anger, irritability/ depression |
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Dec 05, 2012, 03:27 PM
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I have it also. I'm such a different person depending on how my mood is swinging
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Dec 05, 2012, 07:14 PM
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I'm so manic right now I've only had 3 hrs sleep since Sunday My own fault for taking myself off Lamictal tho :-/
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Dec 05, 2012, 07:25 PM
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Interestingly though the symptoms are very similar. Some professionals argue that bpd is a variant of bi polar but the consensus in the psychiatric world is that mood disorders are non discriminatory and episodes will happen with no trigger, and that bpd moods are reactive to surrounding situations unto the individual. Ie triggers. Like me, I can get depressed for no absolute reason at all. Cyclothymic mood swing. Then I can get depressed if someone hurts me... Bpd mood swing. The main differences between everything tho is with bpd there are abandonment issues, self harm typically but not always (I don't self harm), and identity disturbances. I just ave a bit of it all thrown in together... And it can be ghastly
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Dec 05, 2012, 07:49 PM
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Also suicidal ideation features highly with bpd sufferes.
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Dec 06, 2012, 02:03 PM
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*tight hug* I hope your sleeping cycle gets back to normal and that you manage to tone down your mania. I feel for you and I'd like to get to know you better. You'll be fine.
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