Posted by Bob on August 22, 2008, at 15:08:29
In reply to Re: Depression -passing it on **S. Trigger** » B2chica, posted by SLS on August 22, 2008, at 12:28:45
> Hi.
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> Difficulty sleeping and anxiety are your first signs that an affective disorder will emerge. Identical twins with bipolar genes doesn't guarantee that both will get the illness. Many times, one will get it and the other not. Environment can play a role in this. Just be a good parent. Communicate with your child to determine if she is under stress. If you are attentive and not abusive, this will go a long way to reducing the psychosocial stress that can trigger the illness. Most of that is common sense, but still depends on communication. What's going on in her life? Participate.
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> - Scott
Looking back I would say that those two things were indeed the first signs that anything would be wrong in the future, although at that point it could never have been seen that way. I had difficulty falling asleep at times, especially in a strange environment, and I had anxiety surrounding that as well as a few other situations. Thing is, everyone has some sort of experience(s) like these and it doesn't necessarily turn into MDD or bipolar.
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