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.
I have an older sister who thinks she knows alot about bi polar (which she isn't). She feels strongly that I was born with some defective gene that just suddenly went berserk when I was 28. I have read on this DS site that people 'get' the illness of bi polar after some traumatic event in their lives.. Opinions?
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I've read that people are born with it and that traumatic events cause the symptoms to become more pronounced.
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I think people with bp can have the gene and it will lie dormant unless triggered by stressful events. Then the gene will be activated and you become bipolar (dx). Nature/nurture argument
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I've heard/read the same as #1 and 2.
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I agree, I think we are predispoised to the disorder through genes then, something happens to set it off. Usually something traumatic that alters our brain chemistry. Alas, people don't realize it, however, alot of things can alter the brain.
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I agree that we are born with it as we are cancer cells. I agree with benjamun that some of us are predisposed to it and that it becomes worse with triggers just like cancer is set off with smoking, chemicals etc.
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I was told had I not been raped and not had MY Parents who had total lack for our regard I probably would not have the illness at all. 10 years old is awful young to be suicidal and it was over FLASHBACKS and not being able to tell anyone. I was being hurt by baby sitters or that my dad was verbally abusive. My Grandmother suspected and tried to keep me at her house every weekend and always had me for the summer that was the only respite I had from the constant abuse from every direction.
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