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Apr 02, 2014, 04:25 AM
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I know that there have been threads on this and I'm really sorry about this but it's kind of confusing me. I understand that it's a spectrum disorder and that the mood of the indvidiual doesn't necessarily have to fit into the categories of the DSM religiously. However I'm confused as I've been put under 'probable bipolar' from bipolar 2 as while I do have moodswings where my whole energy increases or decreases and I get depressed and emotionless, to really hyper, to somewhere inbetween, I don't do half as much of the reckless behaviour as associated with this disorder (normally I just don't sleep, constantly exercise and study because I don't like people). However now it's probable because while I do have moodswings, I keep getting - some consistant, some not - delusional ideas. I don't doubt the Bipolar, I think the only think that stops me doing something really stupid in the middle of being up or down is that I'm at uni, I love it, and it gives me structure. But can it be BP2 if I've been having delusions from extreme, to less extreme severity since January?
They started in December but I was really up then. It was February it turned into complete confusion, panicking, paranoia where my psych was really worried I would do something dangerous to myself, then I just felt nothing/had little energy or motivation for months, but now I'm feeling more energised just moodwise a bit unstable between feeling panicky as I have so much work to do, to feeling great because I'll get everything done but it's not as bad as before. I've never had an episode to the extent I needed hospital, however apparently in February I really worried my pdoc to the point where she called some other pdoc's to my house incase I harmed myself. I'm really sorry for this trainwreck of a post, but not enough to delete it. I'm not on meds just now, I was supposed to start (50mg Seroqeul) but I talked with my pdoc and because my mood had seemed more stable I wanted to get my coursework done first. |
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Apr 02, 2014, 10:46 AM
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I am sure others more experienced than I will comment. I do think one criteria is how debilitating and out of control was the episode. I am talking about the mania, not the depression. Also as only a guide, look over the symptoms for BP II and BP I. The may help you to frame your experience, but still I think you should keep in mind that it is a spectrum disorder. And technically there only needs to be one episode to qualify you as Bipolar.
This is what I think. But I am no expert.
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Apr 03, 2014, 08:22 PM
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Apr 03, 2014, 08:53 PM
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I was diagnosed bipolar 1 at age 43 but had difficulty finding anything in the literature to describe me. My main symptom outwardly was hypersexuality however I had a few other symptoms, short sleep, goal oriented activity. What clicked for my dx was my activities and the two manic and two depressed phases he saw in one year. But in all my years I had never been in trouble with the law, not even a speeding ticket, I'd never been hospitalised, I never was on drugs or alcohol. No wild spending sprees.
A book I found helpful was Bipolar Demysyified by Lana Castle, her description fit me better. Hope this helps. |
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Apr 03, 2014, 10:08 PM
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I read somewhere that you can't have delusions with bp2 but I had a pretty bad episode a few years back that I am pretty certain was defined as delusional.
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Apr 04, 2014, 05:44 AM
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Its possible for someone with bp2 to be delusional during depression - just not during the hypomania.
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Apr 04, 2014, 10:59 AM
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I am questioning my bp 2 from primary because I've been told I'm delusional on occasion when I'm hypo.
Tig
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Apr 04, 2014, 12:31 PM
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Someone please define a spectrum disorder.
Looking up online, all I can find is autism spectrum disorder. I know that I don't have autism. What is this "bipolar is a spectrum disorder"? Thanks.
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Apr 04, 2014, 01:18 PM
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The first paragraph should sum it up. That's the only thing I could find on spectrum disorder that didn't involve autism. Basically the long and short of it is that bipolar can mix with other disorders really easily. There are a lot of people who have bipolar and borderline or similar combinations. At least that's what I get from it. Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_disorder That's a little too over my head though. |
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Apr 11, 2014, 02:13 AM
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Apr 11, 2014, 02:14 AM
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This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
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