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Originally Posted by loramin
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Exactly ... which is why drugs work better for them than therapy (although therapy can of course also be helpful).
You don't even have to be a psychiatrist to know this is wrong: anyone who has ever met someone who's manic knows that their chemical imbalance makes them very emotional. They can go from totally normal to complete nerd rage in about 0.8 seconds (and that's not even talking about their hypomanic and depressed phases).
Again, not like there's anyone like that on this server ...
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But the difference is that the bipolar has an internal source and manic and depressive phases aren't affected by things other people do
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Btw manic people are my favorite people to treat
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I have a soft spot for the borderlines though, even though other clinicians hate the drama.
Honestly, the Axis I and the Axis II kind of coexist more often than not and when the mania starts to clear from the drugs the emotional regulation starts to go crazy.
I'm not counting hypomanic phases...those are pretty nice to experience as long as you can sleep and eat and not become a complete maniac.
Worse class for mental health: shaman. All the canni dancing is stressful.