Posted by detroitpistons on March 16, 2006, at 16:09:51
In reply to Re: Never thought I'd hear this....., posted by linkadge on March 16, 2006, at 13:49:37
> Not saying that this couldn't be indicitive of something, but I don't know if it is conclusive.
>I'm not convinced of anything one way or the other at this point. I'm just trying to find out as much as I can and look at both sides of the equation.
> Recretional drugs are meant to make you high. Perhaps your friends are just less sensitive than you are :)
>Could be...I was just throwing that out there to see what you guys thought. I just get the feeling that this happens because there is a very tenuous and fragile balance in my brain.
> There are tons of reasons why depression can happen in early years. Depression is not uncommon in this agegroup. There are hormonal reasons, as well as social, and acedemic reasons. My brother was teased till the point that he developed major depression. Early onset, but he's not bipolar.
>That's also entirely reasonable and possible. Although I seem to get depressed for no apparent reason. A couple times there's been a trigger, a couple times not.
Right now I'm split between unipolar vs bipolar II. Actually, I'm leaning ever so slightly towards the BPII simply because there are so many "soft" signs. For example, antidepressants worked for me the first time, and then all subsequent trials more or less failed, the last one bringing on hypomania. According to a prominent doctor who specializes in BPII (Dr. Phelps -- www.psycheducation.org), this would be a very typical pattern for BPII patients. He is basing this from his experience with many BPII patients....
Again, all of this isn't enough to fully convince me. I sway back and forth between the two extremes. Only time will tell what the truth is.
> Like I said before, its not for me to make any judgement. These diseases are very complex.
>
> I personally didn't care much about diagnosis so long as I found meds that helped.
>I agree on the one hand, but on the other hand I'm impatient to either validate or rule out this diagnosis. I shouldn't be impatient because it's not going to change anything, but that's my stubborn nature I guess.
Thanks for your input, Link. It keeps my views more balanced.
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