tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post6630039316267963929..comments2023-10-31T11:30:53.528-04:00Comments on Master of Irony: ConfessionsJust Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-16086526907435428192007-10-28T16:51:00.000-04:002007-10-28T16:51:00.000-04:00I don't pay too much attention to type I, type II,...I don't pay too much attention to type I, type II, type III (proposed). All bipolars are different, are current catagorizations don't work very well. For instance, dysphoric and mixed hypomanias are not permitted under the current system, but I certainly get them. Some studies find people with bipolar II more disabled over their lifespan than bipolar I's. I think there are no clear categories, if there were there would be clear-cut medications to use that would work in all people if you had the diagnosis right. But it is too easy to generalize from yourself to someone else, so if you manage to survive a "mild case" it is easy to think that others with the same diagnosis should be able to do the same. It took me 15 years to find the right meds, but I finally did, as did a few of my friends after many years of trials, so I tend to think that the "right meds" are out there for everyone, if they just keep trying (and they have creative psychiatrists who aren't afraid to keep trying new things). But I realize that this is just my experience, and I'm sure it is untrue. There are many people, including psychiatrists, who told me there was nothing more to be done, so I am very worried when people start to think that they are hopeless.Jean Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826037279061710386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-60725561823194350792007-10-22T15:41:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:41:00.000-04:00True. I'm just pretty unfair because I want to fo...True. I'm just pretty unfair because I want to forget that I actually have managed to adjust to the severity of my illness very well and really don't havev a right to be frustrated when someone else hasn't. I don't think my adjustment has a lot to do with me; I think it's got a lot to do with my support system and my general personality It's not anyone's fault that they respond differently, and to them what is a good day for me is terrible sometimes. They still deserve recognition that terrible is terrible.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-46758520923263027702007-10-22T14:23:00.000-04:002007-10-22T14:23:00.000-04:00You have the right to be irritated with advice fro...You have the right to be irritated with advice from people who couldn't begin to walk a mile in your shoes. It's not an easy concept to grasp, that it hits no 2 people the same way.<BR/><BR/>This is YOUR blog, it's YOUR therapy, so say what's on your mind. And more power to you for doing it.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692070748414865417noreply@blogger.com