Posted by AMenz on June 16, 2001, at 0:01:50
In reply to Re: Dividing PsychoBabble Into Categories, posted by Dr. Bob on March 20, 2001, at 0:19:47
Re dividing into categories by type of drug. Please note that posters regarding AD's do not state whether they are unipolar or bipolar. This is significant because if a unipolar has a great experience with an AD it doesn't necessarily mean a bipolar will, too. BP's I and II may not know of the activating effects of AD's. Obviously from reading some of the posts, neither do their psychiatrists.
It would be an important contribution to have diagnostic categories made clear. Well, that's my two cents. I enjoy the forum tremendously. Congratulations for running it so well.
> > separate categories such as depression, social phobia, bi-polar disorder, etc., and maybe another category for the less frequent posts may make it easier for those looking to keep up-to-date on others' experiences as well as to try to provide helpful feedback.
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> I have in fact been wondering about dividing it again. But for some reason it doesn't seem so broke right now... In any case, one thing with doing it based on diagnosis is that some drugs are used for more than one diagnosis, so there might be a lot of overlap.
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> One idea, however, would be to separate out antidepressants, the most-discussed type of drug... Or something else to try might be to separate out drugs not available in the US...
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> Well, let me know what you think,
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> Bob
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