Posted by Dinah on October 22, 2002, at 8:48:18
I've been trying to do research on this, but only come up with the dry clinical stuff. What I really want to know is this.
Would cyclothymia account for my meltdowns? Does cyclothymia make you feel as if you've been taken over by an irrational, stubborn, vindictive, overly tired and hysterical small child? Does it make you feel as if you're just watching yourself do these really embarassing things? Does it make you think thoughts that don't really agree with what you normally think and do things you wouldn't ordinarily do? And make it all seem so reasonable to you at the time (except for one small piece of you that is saying "What the...?").
I know these things happen to everyone, but I mean having it happen for days at a time (usually not longer than a week) and in really extreme and self destructive ways.
A perplexed and ashamed,
Dinah
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