Posted by Sunie on May 11, 2001, at 12:00:15
In reply to Re: panic , posted by grapebubblegum on May 11, 2001, at 8:50:12
I think this odd mish of BiPolar II and Panic symptoms makes a lot of sense, in a way.
I have the BPII and not the panic, but in the depths of depressive episodes, I experience "the horrible screamies" where I can't breathe, and am in such acute psychic pain that the only thing I can do is scream. (Sub-vocally, of course...this has happened all my life and my mother got MAD every time I got sick or had a problem, so I learned to keep these things very, very, to my self.) This sounds (to me) a lot like the blackness of a panic attack, only it usually only happens after/during a long bout of depressive crying and suicidal ideation. But the physical characteristics, I would say, have some real similarities. What do you think? Do you think Panic and BiPolarII might share some mechanisms? The major difference, I think, is that I never have experienced this in public— and I can't think of an instance where it happened other than at night. For what it's worth. Sunie
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