Comments on: Sociopsychopath http://disinformatics.com/blog/2008/02/29/sociopsychopath/ anguish and delusion... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:11:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Farhan Mannan http://disinformatics.com/blog/2008/02/29/sociopsychopath/#comment-246 Farhan Mannan Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:25:17 +0000 http://disinformatics.com/blog/2008/02/29/sociopsychopath/#comment-246 I'm not contesting that bipolar is characterised by bipolarity. However, the mixed state is highly significant - it has the greatest suicide risk! The reason most people suffer from bipolar for ages is that a) They don't kill themselves for a long time because of rapid cycling b) The cycling loses them credibility when they ask for help. Bipolar II has a higher risk because of the increased frequency of mixed state. Anyway, you implied strongly that you <em>didn't</em> know there was a mixed state: <blockquote>@farhan you switch between the two poles rather than being a mixture so it is polar its the sudden lows followed by highs (Stephen Fry is bipolar)</blockquote>. Of course, you know NOW but are holding onto your own argument which is something I once did - I wouldn't recommend it. I’m not contesting that bipolar is characterised by bipolarity. However, the mixed state is highly significant - it has the greatest suicide risk! The reason most people suffer from bipolar for ages is that a) They don’t kill themselves for a long time because of rapid cycling b) The cycling loses them credibility when they ask for help.

Bipolar II has a higher risk because of the increased frequency of mixed state.

Anyway, you implied strongly that you didn’t know there was a mixed state:

@farhan you switch between the two poles rather than being a mixture so it is polar its the sudden lows followed by highs (Stephen Fry is bipolar)

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Of course, you know NOW but are holding onto your own argument which is something I once did - I wouldn’t recommend it.

]]> By: William http://disinformatics.com/blog/2008/02/29/sociopsychopath/#comment-245 William Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:10:21 +0000 http://disinformatics.com/blog/2008/02/29/sociopsychopath/#comment-245 I know that there is a thing called mixed state which is associated with bipolar disorder but it is certainly not the main case with bipolar disorder. The whole point about bipolar generally is that it is polar and therefore you switch sometimes very quickly from being very high to very low and these are normally separate and it is only in certain cases that these two states occur simultaneously. I know that there is a thing called mixed state which is associated with bipolar disorder but it is certainly not the main case with bipolar disorder. The whole point about bipolar generally is that it is polar and therefore you switch sometimes very quickly from being very high to very low and these are normally separate and it is only in certain cases that these two states occur simultaneously.

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