Friday, January 14, 2011
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one woman's experience with mental illness
This is the best description of my own Bipolar II symptoms which I have found to date. Here is the link to the full article. (To my loved ones: please be aware that I am on several helpful medications. I am not feeling suicidal.)
Hypomanic Episodes: Hypomania is a mild version of mania where the symptoms are the same [as bipolar I] but are less intense – they only need to last four days and do not significantly impair a person’s functioning. Many people find they are more productive and have positive social interactions when hypomanic. Others find that although a single hypomanic episode does not cause much impairment, repeated episodes negatively affect finances, social relationships, and/or work performance.
Major Depressive Episodes (MDEs): Depression is the down state when people feel sad or blue, or simply cannot enjoy anything. This state tends to be characterized by changes in sleep, appetite and weight, energy, and cognitive (thinking) abilities. People may feel worthless and guilty, and may consider suicide.
Major depressive episode is defined as a period of at least two weeks with five or more of the following symptoms:
o Depressed mood and/or anhedonia (an inability to take pleasure in things, or greatly diminished interest in activities usually enjoyed)
and
o A decrease or increase in appetite; weight loss or gain
o Sleep disturbance (insomnia or hypersomnia)
o Feeling physically slowed down or physically restless
o Fatigue or loss of energy
o Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
o Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
o Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide
3 comments:
of corse you are right dallin, my boy just suggested on my blog<>><<>please write on tucson's shootings><><<>a reminder to arm ourselfs><<><>i said shootings<><>a reminder to love each other<><>><><>holding mental patents accountable for violence<><>.please keep in touch dallin><<><>i need you to help me on my blog to get rid of stupid ideas that might appear on thm from those in my family
Hey, it's been a while since you blogged! I missed your blog-lapse because I was having one of my own :/ Do you have a blog you have kept updated the last few months? I know how it is to have several and not able to keep up with all of them...
Hi, NoSurfGirl. I'm afraid I have not been keeping up much with any of my blogs for a while, except for posting a video now and then on sevenwayssimple.blogspot.com. I finally joined facebook and I do most of my communicating there.
Thanks for saying hello. :o)
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