Bipolar disorder I: Mania and depression
Bipolar disorder II: Depression and hypomania
Severity specifiers for bipolar disorders:
--mild, moderate, severe (with or without psychotic features)
--in partial or full remission
Special syndrome specifiers for bipolar disorder:
--with catatonic, melancholic, or atypical features
--with postpartum onset
Longitudinal course specifiers for bipolar disorder:
--with or without full interepisode recovery
--with seasonal pattern
--with rapid cycling
Bipolar disorder NOS:"soft" bipolar and bipolar spectrum disorders
Cyclothymic disorder:Depressive systoms and hypomanias
Substance-induced mood disorder
Mood disorder due to a general medical condition
that's me... type II
i like to say im ok with that, yet shame comes over me like when the darkness kills the light under the guise of evenings. i used to be on antidepressants, a mood stabilizer and at the beginning, an anti-psychotic, however, i quit those long ago... almost 3 years ago.
i feel that there may be cause for me to go back onto the medication... but i don't know. it's all in my head i guess, well actually, it is i'm told. hmmmmm ... i don't know. i just don't know..... .
some bi-polar information
bi-polar support information
lack of control by no one in particular
at 10:25 AM PDT
