Bipolar and MS
Hi,
I'm new here so first I'll hello to all! Short introduction: I'm a PhD student in Chicago, beginning to accept the fact that I won't be able to finish my diss on time. There are few reason, MS being only one of them.
My question is obvious from the title:
Does anyone here have Bipolar in addition to the Lovely MS? I made some research and it's not uncommon for them to come together; no matter which might cause/influence which.
If you don't mind I'll use this place to complain and vent a little. It's difficult enough for people to understand MS, especially one that's not very physical; talk about Bipolar....
I'd love to hear from others, having to deal with the same situation. What do you do?
PS. Sorry for a long post, and please forgive my English (I'm Polish)

my understsnding is that with bipolar you to have a manic episode to be diagnoised. MS seems to be more of a shutdown. but with MS you do get the ups and downs but i dont think or i hope they dont evolve into anything manic lol! but i think if it did it will render you to have a relapse because your body and senses will shut down. but thats just what i think - thinking out loud lol!
A symptom of MS is "Emotional lability". I should imagine that this could be confused as Bi-polar.......