Posted by Ritch on January 16, 2005, at 12:00:58
In reply to Re: benzo questions, posted by thinkfast on January 16, 2005, at 7:24:10
> OCD, BP, and ADD all make sense to me...but I don't fit any of them perfectly....
My fundamental problems are a mixture of anxiety, bipolar and attention issues. I don't fit all of my labels perfectly either. I've never had a full-blown manic spinout where people were trying to get *me* to get some help. But the manic energy and depressive lows can FUEL the other issues. If I get too high my distractability gets pretty bad.. I can get stuff done and feel happy about the progress, but it is rather haphazard, and projects that get started when I'm high rarely get finished after my mood cycles. I often wonder what got me so interested in this or that in the first place (weeks later). When I'm depressed I can't stay focused on one thing long enough to get ANYTHING done. When I'm high the social anxiety nearly evaporates and I get this mood catalyst thing going where whole groups of people's moods become somewhat elated and excitable as well. When I'm depressed I don't want to leave the house and that's the times of the year that I have panic attacks. I can't recall having panic during a time of year where I was generally euphoric and driven. When things get sideways with a mixed temper spell, panic has been associated with that.
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