More than one article out there links #BipolarII with #AtypicalDepression. Hmm.
People with so-called atypical #Depression - those who tend to sleep more, eat more, be anxious & rejection sensitive - also tend to have a mood which improves fairly quickly when life goes their way. This is claimed to be similar for people diagnosed with #Bipolar II.
There is a lot of phenotypic overlap between people diagnosed as one or the other. Maybe they're pretty much the same thing, maybe it's a spectrum.
Also seeing a claimed tendency to have #PanicDisorder / #Agoraphobia or anxiety in general along with #BipolarII. Somewhere in the citations I think I saw something about a shared genetic locus but I haven't gone looking for that yet.
It's really fascinating to watch researchers teasing apart how the brain works from various angles tbh. The Western analytical knife has its drawbacks but it sure is good at finding patterns.
"intolerance of personal rejection … vulnerability to the loss of romantic relationships … upon romantic disappointment, these individuals … became acutely depressed with massive dysphoria … they displayed an exaggerated giddy and/or euphoric response to romantic opportunities.
When depressed … they tended to oversleep, to overeat, with a craving for sweets … to feel extremely fatigued"
The High Prevalence of "Soft" #Bipolar (II) Features In #AtypicalDepression, Perugi et al, 1998
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