Posted by Ritch on March 30, 2003, at 21:51:08
In reply to ATYPICALS:Mood Reactivity--how it differs from BP?, posted by Jack Smith on March 30, 2003, at 14:27:34
> Someone has to know. I can't quite see the difference between ups and downs and BP????
I may have mood reactive highs and lows, but they are very short-lived compared to the "burned-in" ups and downs that comprise my bipolar mood cycling. You have got to chart the cycling to see the difference. If the cycles appear to be sporadic and to not have a pattern it could be unipolar atypical depression, but bipolar cycling tends to have clearer cycling patterns that transcend circumstantial mood reactivity.
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