Could Sirius have been bipolar

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Mary:
> A lot of the time in kids (who usually get diagnosed as learning 
> disabled, adhd, or having oppositional defiant disorder) it cycles 
> several times a day or week.  The reason I'm bringing all of this 
> up is that people associate bipolar with a dramatic mood change 
> over a long period of time.  It's not always like that.  

SSSusan:
> Now, this "several times a day" notion definitely goes against what 
> I was taught.  Has the discipline changed that much in 20 years??  
> Is there a practicing psychologist out there who can straighten this 
> out?


I'm an undergraduate psych/theatre arts major and I was taught the same 
thing as Mary, but I'm not a psychologist.

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