Posted by MaddieB on May 10, 2007, at 14:48:51
In reply to Re: NIMH on Bipolar Spectrum Disorder, posted by polarbear206 on May 10, 2007, at 14:36:44
Why is that PolarBear?? Because the first thing out of the gate is an SSRI Which Increases Cycling (and there is evidence that w/o introduction of an SSRI, there is less cycling later on. Read: you're only a virgin once.)
Perhaps if the psych community didn't just a) imagine that people fit into neat diagnostic categories (Ah Yes...a "Spectrum" Disorder...Who Knew!!) and b) dive headlong into the AD/SSRI pool within 20 minutes of meeting a person, this 10 year lag you speak of would not happen. What is sad it the NIMH is just figuring this out. I'm not impressed.
> Sorry, but I totally agree with NIMH on this topic. I'm in the psychiatric field and what I see is a HIGH percentage of undiagnosed bipolar disorders. The average person will not get a proper diagnosis for about 10 years. It's very sad this has to happen.
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> Polarbear
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