I don’t know about pot use, but I am curious if bi-polar is essentially a mild form of schizophrenia. Maybe some knowledgeable medical FReeper has some insight on the question.
The DSM 5 changed the codes.and criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar.
I knew the answer if you used the DSM IV, but I’ve not read the 5 yet. I know according to IV, you could be bipolar and schizoaffective but not schizophrenic, at the same time.
bi-polar is NOT mild anything.
There is an ongoing controversy on whether bipolar and schizophrenia are the same disorder. I think most say not, but there are a few doctors out there that claim they are the same.
With these genetic markers they may be well on their way to segmenting the disorders on a very objective bases.