Posted by cybercafe on September 1, 2002, at 22:47:20
In reply to Re: Bipolar and genetics » cybercafe, posted by judy1 on September 1, 2002, at 21:05:43
> i honestly don't know how he could have told you that- particularly when the chromosome that
i think it is from anecdotal evidence?? .. i mean... maybe he met 100 people with my disorder, and found that all 100 had a maternal form of inheritance
>carries bipolar disorder hasn't been found (they THINK it may lie on 18) and no one knows if its linked to the x or y chromosome- and if it's x,
Yep! i asked him which one it is... and he said he doesn't know, the chromosome hasn't been discovered yet (and there is probably more than one, etc etc)
>something to do with it, so sorry your shrink sounds like he doesn't know what he's talking about. take care, judy
yeah i am not impressed by the knowledge of most shrinks... i am very very cynical ... but ! he is most definately one of the most knowledgable i have come across...... by far!
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