Posted by 4WD on April 25, 2008, at 15:19:45
In reply to regretting taking a peek at my Dx, posted by llurpsienoodle on April 25, 2008, at 9:39:24
Hi,
I am diagnosed as Bipolar II as well and I have never had the hypomania. My mania seems to manifest itself as fear and anxiety.
I didn't look up my Dx - I just asked. To tell you the truth I don't believe there's such a thing as a hard and fast diagnosis except for major depression and straight Bipolar. And anxiety disorder. I think the rest are kind of fluid and they don't really know exactly what it is you have (according to the DSM) but they have to code you as something so they pick the thing that most closely remembles your symptoms.
Marsha
> unfortunately my curiousity got the better of me at my pdoc checkup this am. I sneaked a peek at my DSM dx code, and it said "bipolar disorder II"
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> dammit! I thought that I had nipped that one in the bud. I dx myself with
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> anxiety disorder: PTSD and major depressive disorder.
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> now where's the hypomania, I ask you. WHERE's THE FRIGGIN' HYPOMANIA!!!!???
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> actually, I tend to bypass hypomania and go straight into agitation and irritability. however. since I have started wellbutrin and approx 300mg caffeine per day I have been feeling calm and hyperhappy. A tad reckless, perhaps, but me likes it!
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> ***********
> have any of you ever looked up your diagnosis? scared?
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> -Ll
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