BPII and stress; can meds help one cope?

Posted by Sue4 on November 12, 2001, at 8:24:03

Hi,
Does anyone know if the condition of BPII, and in particular rapid cycling, make it harder to cope with stressful situations, and if so, does medication, in theory, help?
A doctor recently said to me that he thought my difficulty coping was "me" not the "illness"; if so, why should I bother taking a second mood stabilizer as he suggests...if it's not to treat an "illness" then it sounds like it serves no purpose at all. I have liked this pdoc in the past, but that statement made me feel rather hopeless. To some extent, he may have said it because he doesn't know how much more "fine tuning" we can do on the meds...I may be at the best that I can be, but still does that mean I'm in full remission when he says my difficultly coping is me and not the illness?

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BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? Sue4 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » Sue4 JohnX2 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » Sue4 JahL 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » JohnX2 Sue4 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » JahL Sue4 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » Sue4 JohnX2 11/12/01
Re: BPII and stress; can meds help one cope? » Sue4 JohnX2 11/12/01

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