Neurology Patterns in Mood Disorders and more

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570029/

The above is a link to this site i found when i was googling neurology and Bipolar. There has been theory that Bipolar is caused by seizures.
The whole article is long, yet very interesting.

Autism and Bipolar have a strong connection rate to seizures.
Autism and Schitzophrenia score similar on the ink blot and also appear similar in some brain scans.

According to the article there have also been reported symptoms of different types of catatonia in Bipolar and Major Depressive disorders.

Blood flow studies have also been done and reported in the article.

Increased cognitive dysfunction often is associated with greater symptom severity. - this does makes sense i have seen it and felt that firsthand/

In the study they also included:

"Other symptoms include motor impairments, which cover a wide range of symptoms. They can manifest themselves as abnormal involuntary disturbances that interrupt a patient’s daily activities. They can escalate to a level of extreme psychomotor retardation (ret*d catatonia) or, alternatively, agitation (agitated catatonia)."

Extreme psychomotor agitation almost reminded me of stimming.
Here is the shortened defintion for psychmotor agitation from wikipedia:

"Psychomotor agitation is a series of unintentional and purposeless motions that stem from mental tension and anxiety of an individual. This includes pacing around a room, wringing one's hands, pulling off clothing and putting it back on and other similar actions"

It sounds like repetitive actions.

So comparing these neurological Mood Disorders such as Bipolar in the article, it seemed like some things almost overlap other things with Autism. There are similiarities.

Now if someone would map Autistic brains to compare with the study....

Autism and seizures are linked because of abnormal neurological circuitry. Bipolar disorder and seizures are linked because mania seems to be partially explained by overactive voltage-gated ion channels in the brain, which also occurs in seizures. This is why many anti-manic agents (e.g., Depakote, Tegretol) are actually anti-epileptics. But very few people with autism take anti-epileptics UNLESS they have comorbid seizures. Thus, the biochemistry is different.