Posted by PM80 on May 4, 2005, at 13:06:16
I have been diagnosed with bp, somewhere in the cyclothymic range. Let's call bouts of depression or mania or hypomania or mixed states "episodes" for the moment. What is the connection between stress (in my case loneliness) and the onset of an episode? I understand that episodes can occur for no apparent outside reason. I guess that I should comment that I have had episodes that were apparently for no outside reason. But if an episode occurs due to my feeling so alone because I live by myself in a small city far from friends and family, is the episode really from my bipolarness or is it a natural response to my circumstances? Another question : is hyper-sensitivity to one's surroundings and experiences a symptom of bp?
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