Posted by Janice on March 12, 2000, at 14:13:07
In reply to Re:When unipolar becomes bipolar, posted by Cam W. on March 12, 2000, at 0:19:16
hi Cam,
I respect your opinion very much, and have learnt alot from reading your postings.
I have no scientific arguement for you...but my experience.
In my immediate family, there are 4 women - all who have cycling depression.
At 16, I noticed my cycling depression.
At 21 I started getting a bit manic (very much like what Noa and juniper describe).
At 25, I was manic (talking to spirits).
Now (7 years later), one sister (35yo) has become manic also - just in the past year.My other sister and mother (65 yo) have never shown any signs of mania - just the cycling depression that we all have.
I would have a very hard time believing that our disorders are not related. So much is the same, except the mania. There must be many times when unipolar depression becomes bipolar.
I believe what you've said could very well be true, but, AT LEAST, these two disorders must be related.
What you wrote surprised me. I guess you challenged one of my assumptions (that I never even knew existed). Janice.
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