Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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BP1 & BP2?

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What is the difference between the two? I have been seeing the terms used often here and was just curious. Thanks for the help
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One's a genius...the other one's insane !
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Ok so I must be a genious!! lol
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I don't know I've never been classified...my pdoc doesn't classify, just treats what's wrong.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
You need to pay to be upgraded to BP1.

IIRC BP1 mania has delusions, BP2 has hyomania that doesn't have delusions. Of course I could be delusional in which case...

I did personally wonder if my plan to jump down a flight of stairs to save time didn't count a bit as delusional.
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The difference I believe is the episodes. BPI is more manic episodes more frequent and BP2 is hypomania where you have mania but its not so frequent. The difference between the two is symptoms and how often you have them.
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Whichever one you have....yr still gonna think yr better off than the other one.

So it's closer to Pinky And The Brain than we think.
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Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
hey Pluck, you calling me insane?

oh ok, fair point.
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Can you be both? Hmmmmm.....
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BP 1 is the full scope of bipolar mania and depression. BP 2 have not experienced mania but hypomania where the BP 1 manic symptoms may be present but are much more subtle and harder to diagnose. I have BP 2 and the only time I know I am hypomanic is that I get insomnia. BP 2 tends to be more on the depressed side. An argument started on this board that BP2 wasn't as "bad" as BP1, the final concensus was they are both as bad as each other to the person suffering with them.
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not as severe, actually, by definition...and yes pain is relative.
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i think i have bp2 mixed cuz sometimes i am very manic/hypomanic and other times ,not all the time, i am depresed
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BP 1 is the best
BP 2 is like second place in a two horse race.
Schizo-affective is the tops though.
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'Mixed' is just greedy
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My mom is BP1, I don't think she slept at all in her 40's; I am BPII, I don't get all excited and stay up forever, I just get pissed and slam doors and stuff. And then go to sleep. :-)
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google it ..lol
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