Posted by Dr. Bob on March 9, 2003, at 19:01:57
In reply to Bowden: Bipolar II, posted by Jack Smith on March 4, 2003, at 12:09:49
Dear Jack,
I cannot give you a full answer to your question. However, bipolar II is not hogwash. What makes it difficult to diagnose, as well as for some to understand, is that people with it are depressed much more of the time than they are overactive or up. Even when "up", for some this is fully positive, for others only expressed as grumpiness, and for others so brief (just hours in duration) that it does not register as illness to the patient or the psychiatrist.
Charles L. Bowden, M.D.
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