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Old Oct 29, 2013, 07:21 PM
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Ultra-rapid cycling bipolar disorder: A critical lookÂ*:Â*Current Psychiatry

Hey guys, the above is a really interesting article from Current Psychiatry about rapid and ultra-rapid cycling. But it's pretty extensive actually, covering a lot of issues, including clearing up (a little, I still find it kind of confusing) the issue of mixed episodes. It conceptualizes some things, for me, in ways I hadn't considered.

Additionally, something that really struck me was the following:

Furthermore, reframing intense mood reactions to the environment as bipolar variants carries several pitfalls: doing so wrongly accords patients a passive role in their reactions to life events, inaccurately reinforces a sense of victimization in response to stress, and diverts inquiry away from a patient’s active role in life decisions and circumstances that may be unsatisfying, self-defeating, or volatile.

This is more or less in the context of distinguishing between bipolar moods and non-bipolar moods (which comes up a lot here), but I think it can apply to most of us to some extent or another. To the extent that we can learn to distinguish between the two, can help us to see what we can, in fact, have some control over in our daily lives, versus what can be better addressed by medication --in the sense that, I think, all of us have moods sometimes unrelated to bipolar. Knowing which these are gives us the motivation and ability to learn how to avoid reacting intensely to situational issues.

Hope this is helpful.
Thanks for this!
vanessaG, Victoria'smom

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Old Oct 29, 2013, 07:29 PM
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Ultra even though I'm going to read the article, your insight is very helpful.

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