On 2014-12-21 4:59 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> I also think my late sister was bi-polar. Her daughter has already been
>> diagnosed and is on medication. But my sister had dramtic mood swings
>> and when she was "high" she'd call me late at night and just chatter on,
>> and then there were long periods of time that I wouldn't hear from her
>> at all, and she wouldn't answer phone calls or emails.
>
> Those symptoms sound a lot more like manic depressive than bi-polar.

Subtle difference there Sheldon. Twenty years ago it was manic
depression, but these days the same disorder is called bi-polar. Perhaps
you are thinking clinical depression. My oldest brother is clinically
depressed. A couple times he has latched onto the bi-polar thing but he
isn't bi-polar. He is just plain depressed. A bi-polar aka manic
depressed person can be down in the dumps for a while and then off on
some manic spree for a while. A clinically depressed like my brother is
usually just depressed most of the time. Medication seems to only remove
that dark dark cloud of depression. The highest he ever gets is more
like normal.