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asplanet
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Bipolar Screening Quiz http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/bipolarquiz.htm
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder extreme moods swings, highs, lows, meltdowns, shutdowns....
During a manic phase, symptoms include:
heightened sense of self-importance
exaggerated positive outlook
significantly decreased need for sleep
poor appetite and weight loss
racing speech, flight of ideas, impulsiveness
ideas that move quickly from one subject to the next
poor concentration, easy distractibility
increased activity level
excessive involvement in pleasurable activities
poor financial choices, rash spending sprees
excessive irritability, aggressive behavior
During a depressed phase, symptoms include:
feelings of sadness or hopelessness
loss of interest in pleasurable or usual activities
difficulty sleeping; early-morning awakening
loss of energy and constant lethargy
sense of guilt or low self-esteem
difficulty concentrating
negative thoughts about the future
weight gain or weight loss
talk of suicide or death
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asplanet
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| Danielismyname wrote: | | I have a cousin with Bipolar; she is nothing like Asperger's/Autism. |
If she is on the autism spectrum or not, everyone of us are born as unique individuals.. she may be nothing like the people on the spectrum you know, but remember we are all different even if have autism... bipolar for everyone is just extremities of our moods...
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Danielismyname
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She doesn't have an ASD (I'm the only person in my blood-family who has a diagnosable form of).
A person with an ASD will experiences altered "moods", but they'll be due to an external reason which are in relation to internal differences. Bipolar doesn't have an external cause for the Depression/Manic states compared to "normal" people/those with an ASD. |
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equinn
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| AngelUndercover wrote: | I scored 32 on the test.
To be honest, I don't think it's a very accurate test. I think pretty much anyone could get a high, or at least moderate, score on it, because of how the questions are worded. |
Yes, I agree. It is very imprecise, vague and could apply to just about any deep, creative kind of person. People, especially creative ones, are complicated Bipolar is becoming too much of a business and little kids as young as three-years old who have severe tantrums, hyperactive swings, so called delusional thinking that is referred to as grandiose, are being dx'd and put on heavy meds. Bad stuff. What four-year old doesn't think he can fly? I tried for hours with that darn umbrella, convinced it would work if just the right wind came my way. Manic Depression is not moody behavior. Many artists are this way, pondering life too much, entering in and out of the dark realms of life. I do it for my writing all the time. Yes, it can be depressing, but it's who I am.
Score of 30 but that's not accurate because many questions I didn't know how to answer. I've been moody my entire life. I call it conviction. Some things just crawl under my skin like the bipolar dx and kids too young to know what hit them.
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equinn
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| asplanet wrote: | | Danielismyname wrote: | | I have a cousin with Bipolar; she is nothing like Asperger's/Autism. |
If she is on the autism spectrum or not, everyone of us are born as unique individuals.. she may be nothing like the people on the spectrum you know, but remember we are all different even if have autism... bipolar for everyone is just extremities of our moods... |
You've got me thinking: Interesting this idea of "extremeties of our moods" because I thought autism/AS kids were more unaffected and showed inappropriate emotions to the occassion rather than extremities in their moods. It sounds like a contradiction. Someone with Aspergers learns the script and practices how to act excited at the appropriate time and does so but it comes out extreme and awkward. Sensory overloads cause AS person to appear extreme in behavior (pacing, humming etc) but this is more anxiety induced and not mood related. OCD behaviors will present as repetitive and extreme irritability with outbursts due to rigidity and a need to complete ritualistic behaviors. Again, this is not mood related.
I'm sure a person with AS/HFA could be also diagnosed with bipolar, but it does seem as if the two are paradoxically distinct and that one would cancel out the other. So, how does it exist, bipolar with HFA/Aspergers? I would say it's either one or the other (in my nonscholarly opinion).
example: my son will laugh aloud for no apparent reason. One might interpret this as excitable or extreme with his emotions or manic, yet he is able to recall visual media (due to his dash of autism) and so he relives funny script or moments on a whim and it makes him laugh. It can definitely be misinterpreted if you didn't investigate. He is painfully afraid of unreal entities such as the grim reeper and this causes anxiety for him. Again, this could be called "delusional" or extreme, a symptom of bipolar. Yet, his visual recall is so strong, that he remembers everything he's been exposed to in stark detail (scary or not) and can't control so well, yet, when he thinks of it. Again, this is autism-related, the repetitive nature of it, and not a mood dysregulating problem.
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sartresue
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: Bipolar quiz |
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| asplanet wrote: | Bipolar Screening Quiz http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/bipolarquiz.htm
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder extreme moods swings, highs, lows, meltdowns, shutdowns....
During a manic phase, symptoms include:
heightened sense of self-importance
exaggerated positive outlook
significantly decreased need for sleep
poor appetite and weight loss
racing speech, flight of ideas, impulsiveness
ideas that move quickly from one subject to the next
poor concentration, easy distractibility
increased activity level
excessive involvement in pleasurable activities
poor financial choices, rash spending sprees
excessive irritability, aggressive behavior
During a depressed phase, symptoms include:
feelings of sadness or hopelessness
loss of interest in pleasurable or usual activities
difficulty sleeping; early-morning awakening
loss of energy and constant lethargy
sense of guilt or low self-esteem
difficulty concentrating
negative thoughts about the future
weight gain or weight loss
talk of suicide or death |
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Hormone fluctuations do a real number on certain people. I noticed I presented as manic during certain times of the month. After menopause, what a blessed relief. Everything was stable. My AS comes shining through and I am seen not as some nut but as a person living with a Difference. I am very relieved I was never bipolar but that I have AS.
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makuranososhi
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry.. I don't understand the poll question.
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asplanet
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Bipolar quiz |
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| sartresue wrote: | | Hormone fluctuations do a real number on certain people. I noticed I presented as manic during certain times of the month. |
My mood differences whatever they are seem to become more inrfense at the time of the month also, I was told by my doctor that this infact is not the problem, the problem is just heighten at this time of the month.
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asplanet
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| makuranososhi wrote: | | I'm sorry.. I don't understand the poll question.M. |
Was just trying to find out how many people on average with aspergers has bipolar, mood swings etc. sorry did forget to add none... so if do not get anxiety, mood swings can just add none to post, but usually mood swings, anxiety is part of parcel of aspergers....
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asplanet
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| equinn wrote: | | You've got me thinking: Interesting this idea of "extremeties of our moods" because I thought autism/AS kids were more unaffected and showed inappropriate emotions to the occassion rather than extremities in their moods. |
I feel our moods tend to be extreme, we escalate into meltdowns or shut down and as there was no criteria before 1994 for aspergers, was wondering if asperger people were diagnosed previously wit6h bipolar instead of aspergers, as sure my mother was. Also feel could be part and parcel of being on the specrum, extreme moods and thats what my understanding of bipolar is.
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hurricaneseye
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I took it once, and got a 28. That is consdiered a likely state of being bipolar.
But mom and dad just live in a state of denial over it. They refuse to have me offically tested for it, despite my aspie status.
I'm taking an herb called St. John's wort, and it helps. I've also read about a type of seizure that can mimic a bipolar mood swing.
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Vexcalibur
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37 just a warning, I am quite undiagnosed and not sure if I belong to the spectrum.
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makuranososhi
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| asplanet wrote: | | makuranososhi wrote: | | I'm sorry.. I don't understand the poll question.M. |
Was just trying to find out how many people on average with aspergers has bipolar, mood swings etc. sorry did forget to add none... so if do not get anxiety, mood swings can just add none to post, but usually mood swings, anxiety is part of parcel of aspergers.... |
Ah, now I understand... depression, mood swings, panic attacks (had a wonderful one today) and anxiety issues; dx'd BP-II/Mixed-State as a tentative possibility, although AS seems the likely issue as BP-II doesn't accurately cover the span of my issues.
M.
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He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
From my heart and from my hand, why don't people understand my intentions...?
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asplanet
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| hurricaneseye wrote: | | I'm taking an herb called St. John's wort.... |
I have taken that in the past and it has helped, I feel the thing that helps me the most is still exercise and not drinking alcohol  I have chosen not to medicate.... feel my moods etc are apart of who I am.
More than a diagnosis I feel its important to recognize our symptoms...
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asplanet
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General overview, have replied to many of you, but as holiday time here in NZ and quite busy sorry if haven't...
I do feel we need to understand and be who we are, quite often its the majority that decides how we should act etc... and try and change and control what they see as outside the box!
To be honest I feel differences are what makes life interesting, and if we have aspergers, bipolar does it matter as long as we understand who we are. Far too much stereo typing in this world in my opinion. Others trying to change what they do not understand is what seems to cause frustration and anger, it can be hard work trying to please everyone else, being and thinking outside the box is what makes life more interesting, for me anyway....
With extreme moods for me often comes my most intense creative periods, and that should be ok if I am not affecting someone else... should my differences even be a condition, just because its not the general "norm"!
For some great up to date research on autism etc see link:
Cambridge Neuroscience news - http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/
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