Posted by ttee on June 5, 2006, at 17:05:49
In reply to What Do You Think Of All the New Types of Bipolar?, posted by Phillipa on June 2, 2006, at 13:34:24
I think the new bipolar diagnoses are great. My disability insurance does not pay longer than 24-months for any mental illness, disorder, etc., excluding Bipolar Disorder, or Schizophrenia.
I think it is totally wrong that disability policies limit benefits for most mental illness, but I am glad there is a loop hole for bipolar. I don't care if I really am bipolar or not, I know I am very ill and have symptoms of some sort of mood disorder and disabled because of it. Getting my monthly disability check from the insurance company is helping to keep me alive and hopefully I will find a treatment that works someday.
So for me, the recent hoopla about bipolar is a blessing for those with treatment resistant mood disorders, so at least some can collect some benefits, just like anyone else on disability for other "non-mental" diseases.
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