Posted by PoohBear on March 29, 2004, at 11:43:34
In reply to Re: Bi-Polar Popularity !, posted by linkadge on March 27, 2004, at 6:42:03
> The funny thing is that the people who just want a lable and a pill will get one. But the people who are genuinly bipolar are likely the ones that are not getting the proper treatment.
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> I think it is bothersome that a *fad* could possibly confound the diagnosis of a true disorder.
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> The degree of suffering difference between a bratty tempertantrum child, and a raving psychotic are large but in our efforts to
> "catch" these disorders in time, every hint of
> a disorder is being hit with medication.
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> But I wouldn't worry too much. The ones who "just want to try the next drug" are the ones who drop the drug at the slightest side effect.
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> The amount of times I have heard "I'd rather be depressed than have no sex life" go to reafirm my suspiciions.
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> Linkadge
I would agree wholeheartedly...I would also add that I think people like the *idea* of a bipolar diagnosis thinking that it might be more socially acceptable than depression. More of a real *disorder* than something many people still expect you to "just snap out of".
Tony
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