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[quote=Anonymous]A distinction that I heard recently (by a psychologist) is that the bipolar cycling will be over the course of weeks - meaning weeks up and then weeks down. So if what you're seeing is ups or downs that last for a few hours or days, that isn't bipolar. The other thing to be aware of is that there is controversy about whether bipolar has been over-diagnosed in kids, so the momentum is swinging the other way to eliminate all other possibilities first. I think some of the new behavioral disorders in the new DSM are meant to rectify this. And there are no blood tests or other bio-markers. Diagnosis is just based on behavior.[/quote]
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