2007-12-27 11:16:50 · 9 answers · asked by Maker123456 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Also has a family history of depression and ADHD. And goes through severely depressed phases.
2007-12-27 13:13:35 · update #1
I've done a lot of my own research on ADHD and the comorbid conditions. Although I have read that depression is a common comorbid condition with ADHD, I have seen nothing to suggest bipolar disorder is similarly comorbid. this is not to say, however, that the conditions cannot occur together.
I did, however, see this article suggesting that children who show a combination or either:
1) Mania with Depression, or
2) ADHD with CD (Conduct Disorder)
may be exhibiting early signs of Bipolar Disorder.
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_bipolar_lifespan
To be sure, you should consult a psychiatrist.
I wish you luck, and praise you for being proactive.
2008-01-03 16:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by I-wunder 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, those are all individual diagnosis and one doesn't mean you will have the other. Each is different and requires different medications and treatment. Some treatments are behavioral, such as changing the way you do things, or learning to do things differently with a new focus, walking (for depression).
The anxiety and excitement of ADHD could be misinterpreted as the high of bipolar. But it isn't. And the depression you speak of is not the depression of the down side of bipolar.
Also, Depression can be the sad, blues kind, or the clinical. When clinical, medication is on-going and just walking and exercise won't work. With clinical depression, the energy is low, and person has a hard time doing anything, so when someone says "Cheer up," it is impossible to do. Clinical depression is a malfunction of the brain chemistry. Medicine balances out the malfunction.
Good luck with the diagnosis, and with the treatment.
2007-12-27 11:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by dutchlady 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To proof that a person has a bipolar condition is necessary that brain chemical tests are practiced. Not necessarily people that has ADHD or Depression can posses bipolar disorder. Now, comorbidity is the concept that establishes that many conditions can be generated by an specific primary condition, so in that case a person that suffers a high depression during a long term and having drugs to control them, can generate a bipolar disorder.
2007-12-27 11:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mar 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hi there--of course, like any mental illness, there is always that chance. I have social phobia (social anxiety disorder) & depression. There are a lot of times Dual diagnoses. Especially if you have depression, which makes up 1/2 of Bipolar Disorder, then YES u do have that risk. But keep in mind that Bipolar disorder tends to run in families. A family history of depression appears to exist in 80 percent to 90 percent of cases of bipolar disorder. Researchers are attempting to identify genes that may make people susceptible to bipolar disorder.
2007-12-27 11:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by 777 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure. I work in mental health and we have a lot of clients who are diagnosed with Bipolar and ADHD at the same time.
A lot of adults diagnosed with Bipolar were diagnosed as ADHD in childhood.
Sometimes I wonder how they can tell one from the other, but I'm not a doctor.
2007-12-27 11:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by majnun99 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No.
The hyperactivity / impulsivity of ADHD and the mania of bipolar disorder are very, very different conditions.
2007-12-27 11:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by michele 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no...i don't have adhd but i'm depressive and slightly bipolar, hows dem apples?
2007-12-27 11:24:05 · answer #7 · answered by Hoovermaster 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
theres an average chance, its not definite
2007-12-27 12:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In my opinion, they are all diseases the drug companies made up to get money.
2007-12-27 11:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋