Posted by linkadge on May 17, 2010, at 19:46:08
In reply to Re: Doctors Hiding Information, posted by nauscopy on May 17, 2010, at 18:19:45
Thanks SLS. I learn something new every day.
Nauscopy, I don't think it matters much to the doctor which illness you have. Bipolar and Schizoaffective can be equally challenging for doctors, but there are effective treatments for both disorders. I don't think that having one is any worse than the other. I think (although I could be wrong) that the prognosis is similar with both.
Oftentimes, the treatments are very similar for both disorders. Namely, a mood stabilizer and/or (or antidepressant if depression is predomniant) and an antipychotic to controll distorted thinking.
I still suggest just asking the doctor outright, why she said one illness first and then another. I am thinking that because the two disorders are very similar (with a huge overalp in symtpoms) that the doctor may have just leaned more one way then the other later.
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