Patricia J Wentzel
patriciajwentzel.bsky.social
Patricia J Wentzel
@patriciajwentzel.bsky.social
Writer of Disordered Chronicles, essays on mental illness by an insider; querying my hybrid memoir about my recovery from decades of bipolar insanity.
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Love to be included.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thanks for quoting me Ree!
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August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Only if symptoms continue or recur after stopping the meds should a diagnosis be considered firm for bipolar disorder 1 or even 2. Could be milder form cyclothymia or depression with a cyclical quality. But it's not always that simple. Here's an article about it.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14636364/
Antidepressant-induced mania: an overview of current controversies - PubMed
About one-quarter to one-third of bipolar patients may be inherently susceptible to antidepressant-induced manias. Bipolar patients with a strong genetic loading for bipolar illness whose initial illn...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Paranoid schizophrenia- any psychotic state really
August 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM