Bipolar II disorder severity

In this clip from the NEI Congress, Dr. Roger McIntyre explains why the severity of bipolar II disorder should not be underestimated. View the full lecture at nei.global/encore. Learn about upcoming NEI Meetings: nei.global/meetings
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[@djstarr-lowery4047]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For 21 years now I have fought "fast cycling bipolar Type 2." And since Hollywood personalities seem to dictate the truth, Catherine Zeta Jones has convinced the world that my diagnosis is nothing to be concerned about, I could/ should just smile, pray or eat right and all will be well. NO this diagnosis is the most difficult. We can't be pigeonholed into depression, anxiety or ADHD because our symptoms are across the board. 21 years. I lost my house, my rental properties, mysavings and finally my car. I lost my life. All I can do is pray for others, those younger than I, please don't give up. I know how many times you have wanted to let go. If you can't find something to live for yourself, find something someone to live for. First l held on for my children. Then I held on for my grandson. He turned 19 last year and I thought I was free to leave. Then my beautiful daughter was diagnosed stage 3 breast cancer. She beat it and gave me a beautiful granddaughter. So now I have to hold on for her. PLEASE if you can't see a reason for you to hold on, hold on for someone else.

[@catherinewylie6959]

Thank you. It's tedious to hear people calling it "bipolar light." It has made my life hell and the hypomania is getting worse with age as medications do not work out all the time. As my doctor said, only some of his patients ever get the meds right to have their symptoms in full remission long-term. He validated for me that is a very hard condition to live with.

[@Anne-zt2dz]

@@HankScorpio64 This is so helpful to me!! My therapist really does not know a lot about this what made me not even aware of there being more then the cliche bipolar 1 and borderline. I don’t identify with those. This video and your comment really speak to my episodes because I don’t get too “happy” manic just overactive, anxious and irritable. I think I am too unstable for my chronic depression diagnosis.

[@djstarr-lowery4047]

I will be thinking of you. It really upset me to hear or I felt as though he were "laughing It off" I'm not going to compare my mental illness with anybody else's mental illness or how bad mine is compared to anybody else's but - from what I have seen and what I have personally experienced I think it's worse. Because doctors want to treat us for depression that's not it. We have good days and then sometimes we have great days but for me at least it always comes back down. And then there's people who will blame any disagreement or any idea as outlandish and oh you're manic. I wish I had answers, I wish there were answers.

[@Anne-zt2dz]

I am diagnosed with chronic depression, ADHD and anxiety. Beginning to be more and more sure that it’s actually (also?) bipolar 2.

[@WishedUponAVlog]

Its horrible i have it

[@Nellatak]

Well that made me feel validated. I have always felt like people minimize what I have gone through but when I thought about checking out early every day for year straight I knew something wasn’t right and I needed help. I was seeing a therapist which helped for some things but I needed something more. I was finally diagnosed but since then I have been taught it’s not as bad as bipolar 1. They’re both bad in their own way but I really struggle even being medicated.

[@monicarod8871]

Great video and this is so true! Thank you for making this video

[@Ideaman47]

This video is like: "You though that you were lucky. How naive." :D

[@ipassingthrough]

Whatever I have, I don't care anymore. I just want to wake up from a dream that I can never awaken from. I've lived my life on survival mode and now I'm stuck with it. When it's dark, I know that I exist but at the same time I'm just there... not really present, it's the worst feeling. Everything in this dark fog becomes an effort; getting out of bed with minus energy; eating and hydrating myself so I don't wither and die; working with no energy; just trying to function when your body's shut off. The only time I actually feel alive, like euphoric and ALIVE is when I endanger myself or act recklessly, when I'm close to death. I've been charged by bears; I've been an inch away from a brown bear; got into a knife fight once; drive quickly; ran across a tight rope up tall trees; go kayak fishing far off shore; get into lots of fights when I was younger; challenge law enforcement... you get the idea. I wonder how light I'd feel to be able to abandon this heavy dense vessel I call my body. It's hard to say what caused thus... but my childhood was screwed up so there's that

[@ashlingley6569]

why is every bipolar II disorder video like 2 seconds long??? bullshit

[@WPOASilver]

You are so right. I wish I were dead. Only thing that stops me from taking my life is Jesus. But I pray every day Jesus will just take me put of this world