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Now, as for a death of someone part of your daily life. In the fall of 1992 my husband left. Three months later my only child, Serena, 16 years old, died in a car accident. I went from having a family to being completely alone. It sent me into a depression that lasted 2 years and included two suicide attempts. It actually kick-started my bipolar again. It was horrible. After her death, every day I would wake up and remember that she was dead. I went to work. I came home and sat in my chair in the dark until it was time to go to bed. I laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I got up, showered, changed clothes and started the day again.
It's been 20 years now. On her birthday on June 30th and the anniversary of her death December 30th I buy her flowers. In the summer I take them to the Children's Memorial and cry. In the winter I keep the flowers on the piano next to the picture of her and me taken just days before she died... and cry. I only cry about her when it is close to one of the anniversaries, the rest of the year I am pretty good. I have pictures and painting of her throughout the house. I feel a twinge of sadness sometimes when I look at the pictures but usually I just think of how much I love her.
I never have understood how people can say "I loved her/him" after someone died... I still love her.View Thread



High IQ? Look at the normal curve. Some people with bipolar have high, low, and average IQs. I happen to have a Ph.D. and it can be assumed I have a high IQ.
No, I am rarely sick.
Being dark and self loathing can, but does not have to, be part of a depressive episode. Does everyone require analysis? Actually, few people have analysis anymore. Many people with bipolar have therapy such as Cognitive-Behavioral, learning coping skills, DBT.View Thread

misdiagnosed as unipolar depression, since both deal with depression. not misdiagnosed for unipolar depression, since both deal with depression.
It is not clear whether you are talking about people with bipolar being misdiagnosed with unipolar or are you talking about people with another disorder being diagnosed with bipolar. You seem to go back and forth making it very unclear. You need more than two references. Try reading your writing aloud so you can brush it up a bit.
Another note, what tests are you referring to. Most "tests" used are questionnaires in which you rate the presence or absence of a symptom. I complete the PHQ-9 every time I see my psychiatrist. I wasn't diagnosed on the basis of a test, but on an interview by my psychiatrist. That is the most common basis of determining a diagnosis.View Thread



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