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The doctors after eight years of this are still not sure of my diagnoses. They seem to have ruled out schizophrenia despite that being one of my previous diagnoses.
They however are conflicted between major depresion, and bipolar. They are leaning bipolar, and addressed my skepticism of the diagnoses the following way. They told me not everyone experiences mania the same way. When I told them I had never experienced the feeling of intense euphoria and invincibility I associated with mania that others can express it differently.
Namely in the form of irritability and anger, and I am forced to admit at times I can swing from intense anger to very deep depresion. Confronted with this I am forced to admit I may be bipolar experiencing a type of atypical mania.
The reason they are not sure of this diagnoses is because I have consumed large quantities of alchohol over the years, and alchohol can mimic the effects of bipolar.
So they put me on a medication regimen effective against major depresion and bipolar.
They however are conflicted between major depresion, and bipolar. They are leaning bipolar, and addressed my skepticism of the diagnoses the following way. They told me not everyone experiences mania the same way. When I told them I had never experienced the feeling of intense euphoria and invincibility I associated with mania that others can express it differently.
Namely in the form of irritability and anger, and I am forced to admit at times I can swing from intense anger to very deep depresion. Confronted with this I am forced to admit I may be bipolar experiencing a type of atypical mania.
The reason they are not sure of this diagnoses is because I have consumed large quantities of alchohol over the years, and alchohol can mimic the effects of bipolar.
So they put me on a medication regimen effective against major depresion and bipolar.