On 12/21/2014 5:20 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 12/21/2014 3:59 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.
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> Bi-polar is the "PC" term now used for Manic Depressive. It's the same
> ailment.
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>
Yes, although why they felt the need to change the terminology is a
mystery. I'm not sure who was offended by it. Manic depressive,
bi-polar. Who decided which name for the diagnosis is better?

Jill