Posted by Sigismund on February 18, 2009, at 1:22:08
In reply to Bipolar Diagnosis and Drug Abuse, posted by garnet71 on February 17, 2009, at 16:46:41
She sounds like an argument for over-popular and therefore illegal drugs.
>how would anyone know if she truly has bipolar disorder, or if it was just temporary from quitting drugs?No idea.
>I heard from the NA people (who are very wise, btw) that everyone who quits abusing hard drugs becomes bipolar. Is this temporary for some people?Many people are bipolar these days, even babies under 2.
Certainly withdrawal from opiates promotes mood instability (to say the least), but if, as is likely, the opiate use was an attempt to self medicate, it will be difficult to clearly separate the prior and resultant conditions.
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