Posted by Zo on March 7, 2002, at 3:02:24
In reply to Re: How depression starts » Zo, posted by Penny on March 6, 2002, at 9:28:12
> I don't meet the 'decreased need for sleep' criteria (though I guess I do occasionally meet the decreased sleep criteria - can't sleep even if I want to). I don't have increased energy.
Oh, that. What the hell do they know. These "criteria," which are all so LAME, ought to be considered instead the most general of guidelines. This is how my Bipolar II didn't happen to get dxed for seventeen years, can we say Duh. Because they were looking to the DSM, not to the patient.
Zo
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