Posted by S.D. on January 5, 2001, at 18:00:41
In reply to S.D.- some more thoughts, posted by judy1 on January 1, 2001, at 12:52:10
> Hi Neighbor,
> Yes, Dr. Akiskal and the full professors at UCSD
>(Zisook another bipolar expert there) do not accept patients anymore;Another San Diegan! cool.
I think I read in another of your posts that you are married which is great because your husband is probably a great source of support for you.I'm guessing you know about this already, but if a typical support group kind of thing is something you'd be interested in there's a chapter of the NDMDA that meets Every monday at 6pm in room 2011 of the UCSD VA hospital in LJ.
Every other meeting there's a speaker the first hour.BTW I'm curious about something you posted in a reply about clon.:
"my pdoc feels panic/bipolar is intertwined with seizure disorders. "
When I posted asking if a normal-to-depressed cycle could be bipolar it was at the prompting of my mother who had heard something to that effect. I had never considered it (no family history, although my mother's ancesters are unknown.) and probably wouldn't have gone ahead and inquired except for one tidbit: my father and brother had/have some form of epilepsy/seizure.
I had a hunch about that since "mood stabilizer" == "Anticonvulsant/AED" in several cases.
I don't know if epilepsy has been shown to be hereditary similar to Bipolar but if so, then if 'bipolar genes' are found it could also confirm the connection to epilepsy.I was wondering who that pdoc is. I'll understand if you don't want to say.
peace and health,
S.D.
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