Posted by spriggy on December 22, 2005, at 14:38:07
I have a new doctor (rheumy) and I had to fill out 4 pages of health history.
Well, of course, it asks for family history and it asks about mental illness.
I checked "no" (which is a lie). I know that is wrong but I am sick and tired of being linked to my dad's bipolar and my mother's OCD/GAD-whatever else she has that makes her so mean- disorder.
If I told the doctor, " yes my father is severely bipolar, as was his mother (paternal grandmother), as is my maternal grandmother also, and my mother is severely OCD and mean as all get out, and my sister is ADD with bipolar.." well... where does that leave me any hope?
Then if we start asking about great grandparent's, well... they might as well just lock me up now.
I have this family heritage on both sides of serious mental illness/dysfunction.
In fact, they should probably have my family living in one of those hospitals where they do ongoing research studies on genetics and mental illness.
So I lied. I just said, " no." No family history of mental illness.
Anyone relate?
poster:spriggy
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