The line ? between GAD and Bipolarity

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The line ? between GAD and Bipolarity
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Sun, 03-18-2007 - 1:16am

It is amazing how labels hurt. It is sad that labels exacerbate our fears. One of the scariest labels (diagnoses) evolving recently is Bipolar II.

Though the war be not over, I am indeed winning skirmish after skirmish; battle after battle - for "if God b e with me, who can stand against me ?" certainly not these hells they call anxiety, depression, panic, and phobia. I mock them - paradoxical in
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Sun, 03-18-2007 - 9:38am

Great info, Manny, thanks for posting!

Sheri Ann

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Sun, 03-18-2007 - 1:28pm

Hmm...Interesting, Manny. Having worked in the mental health field, I have found that diagnoses overlap more often than not. It is hard to pin a person down to one diagnosis. As you know, schizophrenia is a much feared diagnosis. Lots of ppl have been labeled that & they might as well have lived in outer space, as it conjured up images of permanent mental hospitalization & the inability to ever