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Re: Bi-Polar Popularity ! » linkadge

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.
>
> I think it is bothersome that a *fad* could possibly confound the diagnosis of a true disorder.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> The amount of times I have heard "I'd rather be depressed than have no sex life" go to reafirm my suspiciions.
>
>
> 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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