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Why do trans people often get diagnosed as bi-polar?

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  1. SkyWinter

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    Any thoughts on this, cause I can certainly get that way myself, so I can see the validity. Is there a link? Any other trans people experience this?
     
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    I didn't even know that was a thing, and this is coming from a trans person who was misdiagnosed with bipolar.
     
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    Yup. I was reading on the subject and came across the info. I'm not sure why there is a link with being bi-polar. I didn't know if any other trans people experienced this or not.
     
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    Never heard of this before. So this would be a first for me. That being said, I've got suspected bipolar that my therapist is keeping an eye on. So who knows? But I've got a family history for it.
     
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    I'd assume because of dysphoria. Bipolar is a case of mania and depression. Depression is quite often apparent in trans people, especially those who experience bad dysphoria. The mania is a bit more difficult to explain, I don't see why trans people would experience mania. Unless youre looking at when dysphoria is bad vs. when it's not very apparent. Then there might be a big difference in the person's personality?

    In most cases it's an extremely bad misdiagnosis. Bipolar disorder shouldn't be compared to gender dysphoria or linked to trans people as a collective. Professionals need to get a handle of the diagnosis they're doling out because a label like that can do a lot of harm to a person who doesn't even have the disorder.
     
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    There does at least seem to be a correlation in terms of depression when having to present as the gender you aren't and the mania when you are presenting as the gender you are.

    I can attest to that at least.
     
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    Never heard of this.

    Never been diagnosed as bi-polar. Hell if anything, the one therapist I did see as a teen told my mom Incas a well adjusted person and mentally sound.
     
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    Well, I hadn't either until I was reading about it. I immediately thought that it fit me, at least to a certain extent, and it seems several other people here have had a similar experience or diagnosis.

    I'm also wondering if it happens more to MtF trans people
     
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    I have never heard of it before either. I believe mine came from hereditary or my childhood. Nothing to do with my gender.
     
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