does anyone have

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does anyone have
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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 2:12pm
family members that are also bp? My brother is. I was just curious.

littlemascara
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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 2:40pm

Hi,

Great question. My Dad was BP. (I suspect my brother may be BP also)

Catherine

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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 2:41pm
I have family member's on BOTH sides of my family that are BP, but its more prevalent on my mom's side. My brother is very much BP, just like me. Our cases are just alike too, for the most part. In the intensive psych evals I've done, this seems to really be of interest to the pdocs.
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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 2:45pm
I suspect I have other family members who are, they just never were or haven't been DX'd.

littlemascara
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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 3:05pm
That's what I'm thinking...when dd was dx with adhd, I saw all the symptoms in me and then I saw it in my dad.
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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 5:59pm

my aunt on my mother's side.


my father's side is tight lipped about "things like that".

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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 8:23pm

I'm positive my father is (most likely BP1) , although if he was ever dx'd it was kept quiet and never treated and I'm really wondering if the "evil" sister is too!


My family acts like its a crime or major sin to seek counseling--God forbid you should admit something is wrong.

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Tue, 08-23-2005 - 8:33pm
my grandmother may have been. i don't know for sure what she was dx as. ( i was only 9 when she died ) i think she may have been clinicly depressed. she was institutionalized for many years. when she was finally sent home it was only because my dad turned 18 and could leagally become her guardian.

 


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Wed, 08-24-2005 - 12:42am

No one in my family has been dx with any mental illness but boy are they there....according to Dr. Rebekah, my mom is BP, my grandma on my dad's side is too and my dad has OCD, my sister has anxiety problems, my other sister has something wrong with her,cant quite figure out what, I have noticed its mostly the females who have the problem on my mom's side and its pretty even spread on my dad's. But of course no one would dare to get help for any of it. No one in my family knows about my dx, only my best friend, dh and you guys :)

Rebekah

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