Posted by femlite on September 9, 2003, at 15:29:11
In reply to Re: Typical ADHD w/ atypical side effects? » femlite, posted by Francesco on September 9, 2003, at 14:20:11
> Hi Femlite, as Kimberly pointed out stimulants seem to have calming properties for ADHD people (but if you are bipolar too stimulants can precipitate mania).
I agree, this is real concern.
>For what I've read one person can have both BP2 and ADHD. If mania is one of your syntoms why do you disagree with the hypomania's diagnosis ?
Hypo mania, according to my pdoc, is not one of the symptoms of true bipolar2, unless acompanied by severe depression. According to her, Hypo mania (mild mania) is just my personality, not a disorder. Does that answer your question?
I disagree with her. I beleive my mania is not hypo, but hyper, ie...disrupting my life.
> I would like to add that sleep deprivation can lead by itself to mania ... and BPII can lead to ADHD-like syntoms ...
This is my experience. The less I sleep, the less I sleep. The less I sleep the more wired my brain gets. I become irritable (obviously) because others cant think as fast as I can.
Thats why I feel a true sleep aid would be helpful. Just to break the cycle> Anyway I experienced narrowmindness and so on only when I was under meds (Anafranil). Hope some of this helps.
Thanks for setting that straight.
I just felt like I could relate to those symptoms
Thanks for making your self avaiable.
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