Re:The Dawn of Cultural Schizophrenia
by robotresearcher on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:19PM
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Bipolar patients commonly have months-long swing periods. Typical period is a few weeks.
Not correcting anything parent said, just adding information.
Re:The Dawn of Cultural Schizophrenia
by 11217mackem on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:30AM
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quite misinformed.
~1/3 of bipolar people fall into the category you are describing – rapid-cycling bipolar.
for the rest, the cycles are months long, whether manic, euthymic, or depressed, and often following seasonal patterns.
clinical bipolar disorder vs. the ups and downs of human life are quite different. it's difficult to understand unless you have seen a loved one suffer it, or have been afflicted with it yourself.
I think ALL of us shift between the two. or rather I'd say that we all experience a combination of both over our lives
when people shift between opposite states way too fast, from a big and deep depression to a high excited manic state that's called bipolar disorder. but normal people can and indeed are (is what I'm saying) expected to experience both extreme but possibly shifiting between extremes over the course of many weeks or even months, rather than a few minutes like in bipolar patients