Posted by KayLen on June 12, 2006, at 18:23:27
Hello to all,
I have noticed something and I want to know if im the only person who feels this way. Has anyone out there noticed that Manic Depression is like the hip disease of the decade? So many people i read posts from and talk to in person that claim to be bi-polar ...being truly a manic depressive myself I dont have to be told ...I can tell easy because although there are diferences...there are a few things that all manics do and a few things that they DON'T do. And rarely have I ran across another manic/D . I think if a person is having ups and downs as we all do at some time but they are not able to cope with it ...the doctor to make the patient happy gives a dianosis that most people including doctors dont know enough about it to contradict. And also so he looks better than if he simply said .."I don't know why you can't cope" you wanna get numb? I can help you on that score."? I am being a tad sarcastic but it is very unfair and i feel cruel to simply pacify patients. Manic depression IS NOT just a mood disorder ....It is one of the top four major mental illnesses second ONLY to scizophrenia, which is life ruining and we have no known drug to help them, all that can be done is put them into the the "Twilite Zone Shuffle".
I feel it could ruin a persons chances for alot of things in life to be labled something they are not. Just because someone is having ups and downs ...that everyone has from time to time ...and they are given the tag literaly {i am sure most of them think it is simply a chemical imbalance..or "disorder"} as a person who is insane , mentaly ill, and all the ugly stigma that goes along with it. It is easy to do because we know so little of the mind ..no one can refute the diagnosis. Anyway..thats how I feel about it and im not depressed.
Thank You anyone who reads this I guess i need to know is it just me ??..i need a realty check.
I should add ...I have to get my realty checks alot. So I can see if I am going overboard.
Thanks again
poster:KayLen
thread:656086
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