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WhateverWorks · 36-40
Yes, although sometimes people with erratic PTSD symptoms get misdiagnosed as bipolar. Sometimes people with bipolar get misdiagnosed as having depression type disorders or persons with severe bipolar can be mistaken as schizophrenic type disorders.
A bipolar diagnosis is tricky because the highs and lows happen in cycles, so let’s say someone with bipolar gets counseling during a low then once that phase is over they stop counseling. Like clockwork, inevitably they start to feel depressed again then they seek out a different counselor who is focused on helping a client’s depression. The new counselor is unaware their client has a time sensitive pattern of depression and mania unless their medical history reveals it or the client is self aware of their cycles that have been going on all their life. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t pay attention to the dates of their highs and lows, so it doesn’t occur to them to tell the counselor or doctor, “Yeah, all my life I feel freak’n great for about a month then spiral for s month, then suddenly start to feel awesome again”
A bipolar diagnosis is tricky because the highs and lows happen in cycles, so let’s say someone with bipolar gets counseling during a low then once that phase is over they stop counseling. Like clockwork, inevitably they start to feel depressed again then they seek out a different counselor who is focused on helping a client’s depression. The new counselor is unaware their client has a time sensitive pattern of depression and mania unless their medical history reveals it or the client is self aware of their cycles that have been going on all their life. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t pay attention to the dates of their highs and lows, so it doesn’t occur to them to tell the counselor or doctor, “Yeah, all my life I feel freak’n great for about a month then spiral for s month, then suddenly start to feel awesome again”