Posted by papillon2 on March 8, 2012, at 17:04:13
In reply to Re: Unless Add As Child Not As Adult (long answer) » Phillipa, posted by 10derheart on March 8, 2012, at 16:27:57
> So, the short version would have been he's wrong because it went undiagnosed in kids until the last couple of decades, particularly very bright, resourceful kids with supportive families who found their own coping mechanisms. And that just because it doesn't come out into the open and cause havoc until you're grown, does NOT mean an adult "doesn't have it."
You said it for me. It just wasn't diagnosed back then.
What particularly disturbs me is the refusal to try polypharmacy. Goodness help those with treatment-resistant depression requiring the addition of augmenting agents. I suppose this means ECT before the simple addition of, say, low dose Lithium. And since the anti-depressant wasn't effective enough to begin with you get to relapse afterwards and do it all again. Fun for the whole family.
Ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
~ Leonard Cohen
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