Posted by kazoo on May 25, 2001, at 11:36:33
In reply to girlfriend doesn't agree with diagnosis, posted by super on May 24, 2001, at 15:28:37
> Anyone have a significant other who doesn't agree with their diagnosis? My girlfriend, who is actually a surgeon, doesn't think I really have bipolar II--she just thinks I've had a few episodes of clinical depression. I've been on medication since I met her, so she's never really known me down-and-out. She thinks I could stop taking my medication. I don't know why she questions my diagnosis. At one point I did stop taking my medication, and she told me to start again. I want her to be right, but I know she probably isn't. I was just wondering how other people deal with their significant other's skepticism about their mental illness.
Tell your girlfriend to stick to her medical discipline (of which I'm sure she's excellent at), and let your psychiatrist do his thing with you.
Good grief, talk about cross-pollination!
kazoo
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