Posted by Solstice on October 15, 2011, at 22:49:37
In reply to Re: Antidepressant to Geodon... » Solstice, posted by Phillipa on October 15, 2011, at 20:18:07
> I had no idea that add and bipolar were related or is it just in children and teens? Seems like opposite response but then that is typical for add. The meds calm. What a viscious circle. Phillipa
They aren't 'related.' It's just not uncommon for them to be comorbid. ADHD is comorbid with a lot of things, including tourettes and aspergers.
ADHD and Biopolar are not 'opposites.' Although they are not the same thing, they do have several core symptoms in common, impulsivity, distractibility and hyperactivity in particular. In my daughter's case, those symptoms are extreme - beyond what is normally seen in ADHD pts. Her doctor says that it's the bipolar that makes those three symptoms so extreme. Her racing thoughts, though, are purely bipolar - which is probably the biggest contributor to her distractibility.
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