Friday, April 21, 2006
2cents

In case I didn't mention before, on Monday Dr. Berman diagnosed me as being bipolar. This is not the first time I have had a psychologist or even a psychiatrist give me that diagnosis. (I still don't like it though.)

Anyhow, I just read something very very interesting on mydna.com (which I now cannot access for some bizarre reason). Anyhow. It said that sometimes vitamin b-12 deficiency can be mistaken for bipolar disorder.

Why is this so interesting?

Vitamin b-12 deficiency is a very common problem among gastric bypass patients. I did, of course, inform my psychotherapist that I had recieved a gastric bypass in December. However... there was no b-12 deficiency back in 2001 when I first heard the diagnosis. ::hanging head:: jesus.



1 Comments:

At 4/26/2006 9:46 AM, CynCyn said...

well, hopefully symptoms (either way) can be controlled by meds? Bipolar is a tough one, b/c many have a difficult time staying on meds for the long haul. Good luck!

 

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