Posted by Ritch on February 7, 2002, at 10:35:35
In reply to Re: 50 tips for managing ADHD, posted by petters on February 7, 2002, at 1:16:14
> Hi Mitch...
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> Thanks for you reply. Some experts means that Bipolar II and ADHD often coexist. Other means that ADHD more often belong to the bipolar spectrum.
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> You mention that you have some anxiety symdrom as well as social phobia.
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> (What do you think about this common symptoms in Bipolar II:)
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> Phobic anxiety.
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> Interpersonal sensitivity
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> Obesessive-impulsive symptoms
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> Somatization (often with subpanic symptom)
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> Worsening in the evening
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> Self-pity
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> Demandingness
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> Subjecktive or overt anger,jealousy,suspiciousness, and ideas of reference.
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> All of which testify to a broad melange of "atypical" depressive symptoms with "borderline" features. Temperamental attributes obtanined at index inteview proved decisive (sensitivity,91%) in identifying those who switched from depression to hypomania: these attributes consisted of trait "moodlability" "energy activity" and daydreaming," all characteristic of Kretschmer`s description of the cyclothymic temperament. Mood lability was the most specitic predictor (specificity,86%) of which depressions will prospectively change to bipolar.
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> This study testifies to the fact that bipolar II disorder is a complex affective disorder with biographical instability, deriving more often than not from an intense temperamental dysregulation.
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> Sincerely...//PettersHi Petters, well I am BP-II and I do have a lot of those symptoms, but most of the above symptoms apply when I am hypomanic. But, in addition to that I have some attentional deficits, primarily when I am depressed. In fact when I am depressed a low dose of a stimulant will completely lift the depression (with a little Neurontin). No antidepressants are needed. If larger doses of more standard antidepressants don't work (or make it worse) and a tiny dose of a stimulant does, coudn't one say that the depression is depressive-ADD? Some form of narcolepsy?
Mitch
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