Posted by Christ_empowered on August 28, 2011, at 11:25:32
In reply to Re: Are you disabled? » Christ_empowered, posted by floatingbridge on August 28, 2011, at 10:36:48
no, don't feel bad. I post about voices and my antipsychotic medication. I think its only natural to assume that I'm dealing with schizophrenia. Besides, one reason its "bipolar" and not "schizophrenia" is because I come from a white, professional, middle-class home.
When I was in a mental hospital the last time, I overheard the docs talking about some cases. First they talked about the old guy who had severe dementia (why he was in the hospital I still don't know) and then they started talking about mine. A resident--the one who hated me--asked "isn't he schizophrenic?" and my prescribing doctor said "that diagnosis has been overturned. Besides, schizophrenia is a poor man's diagnosis."
When I left the hospital, they gave me a stack of papers on "bipolar disorder" and an Rx for depakote and risperdal.
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