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Post by phil on Apr 12, 2010 14:08:40 GMT
I'm wondering how i got misdiagnosed and i got a feeling there is contributing factors! 1- the shrink i saw was a dick and could hardly speak english! 2- he asked me if i ever stayed in a hyper/hypomanic mood for more than a forthnight! to this i replied YES! but............ you understand out side factors cause you stress and prolongs the swing in mood so he has taken this as bipolar on any given day i get up procastinating perk up in the afternoon then i'm hypo in the evening early morning! other factors piss me off and will effect this routine like if i got to go to the shrink ect;
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2010 21:24:27 GMT
OMG where we start here?!! I know there are similarities, between bi.p & add, so it could be it hard to differentiate. All i can give is my personal take on this:
My personal experience of comparing adhd to bip is from observing a close friend who suffers from a form of bi.p & myself.
For us the differences are quite apart..She suffers from prolonged periods of extreme depression, feeling suicidal to the point her husband has to take time off work & social services are involved..She can barely function. My mood swings are also extreme, (i'm either as high as a kite or completely swing to thinking of nothing but killing myself too).. But my moods will only last a few days, hours or more commonly for me; day to day changes...I either wake up sunny or not, but i do bounce back, unlike my friend. She veers towards the darker mood for far longer..Anyway..
She was an accountant, a clever girl, she didn't suffer with the same problems with Childhood schooling, studying/organisation/reading/focus & concentration..She doesn't have the commonly associated anxiety disorder us adders have.
Her symptoms onset in her teens, mine in early childhood.
I have impulse control issues, ie spending, not being able to think ahead etc..But she can be calm, a good listener, able to not talk incessantly & not being unintentionally rude. She does have periods of over-spending, but not so often.
She has windows of normality, tho her basic functioning is lost during her worst time. With my adhd, the symptoms don't have a holiday(!) im usually struggling. If im 'sunny' i just don't give a toss, if not, it weighs me down like a heavy anchor.
We both have cant eat normally.
Our families both suffer.
We both respond positively to meds..She has a multitude of support, & DLA, i don't lol. I would say my symptoms are less debilitating on the whole.
Sure lots more, but i cant think when i try too hard lol
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Post by phil on Apr 12, 2010 22:17:32 GMT
i have bouts of suicidal idealation but thats totally diffrent from bipolar i am on nothing for my ADHD! this comes about as my own rational thinking rather than a delusions ie; i don't hear a voice in my head. they have branded me bipolar N.O.S and cyclothymia disorder! i have said before but i'm on neurontin gabapentin by pfizer for epilepsy and i have been told that it could be masking my bipolar as it's used to treat bipolar! but according to the british medical journal gabapentin don't do jack to bipolar disorder and pfizer have made faulse claims that it treats bipolar!
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Post by phil on Apr 14, 2010 15:11:15 GMT
there is a condition called rapid cycling bipolar disorder! and it is so similer to adult adhd you would think they are the same condition!
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Post by phil on Apr 15, 2010 9:54:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2010 19:14:16 GMT
I'm new both to being diagnosed and to this forum, years of not understanding why I cant keep a structure in place have finally gotten an explanation. My life has been all of what is described on the pages I have read so far. Depression, burn out (from desperate damage control), bouncing back, highs, being too intense to handle for some folks and being super inspirational to others. But i think over all the most debilitating feeling has been one of guilt, not to perform at my actual capacity. It is with me at all times, I turned in a Thesis last week and still feel guilty because I feel it could have been so much better if I had kept control of all my notes, that are spread over an infinite number of note books and files. I have written a major part of it from memory rather than notes ( memory that I of course have sourced before putting it in to the thesis). I long to be able to feel like I am performing and I long to be able to control myself and I long to be able to be happy not because I have a high but because I really feel that I am doing ok.
Do any of you have experience with therapeutic help or group suport?? Im on medication since a month and a half, and although it helps ( I can focus better) I feel like there is a need for me to find patterns to put in place to make the life outside of my work function. POG
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Post by andy12345 on Apr 18, 2010 1:40:16 GMT
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Post by phil on Apr 18, 2010 2:37:13 GMT
I do really think i got left temporal lobe adhd! and the genetic factor is the biggie to sway me this way but althought i'm ticking boxes like the rest of you! i still seek primary evidance actual fact and tests on paper won't do much to convince me either way! i really want a MRI ;D but i'll wan't in the one hand and shit in the other and see which gets full first
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Post by phil on Apr 18, 2010 3:06:44 GMT
I'm steaming at the moment but i really got to knock this getting pee'd lark on the head it's all well and good to self medicate on alcohal but i'm alright on the night! i'm ok the next day but the day after that i feel lower than a worms tit worse than i normally do i seem to procastinate for longer
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