Quote From: hepzibahThere's no reason for anyone to imagine themselves a "bigger and better" person. And there's no reason to get defensive. Are you afraid of the facts?
Did your doctor give you that spiel about the diabetes comparison? That's what we've all heard. But that's comparing apples to oranges. Diabetes is a pathological disease, mental illness is not. One can have a test to determine insulin problems. Again, there are no tests to determine mental illnesses. One simply has to meet certain criteria in the DSM to determine a mental disorder. This is unreliable and subjective.
You said:
"Probably not so why tell me not to medicate myself or my daughter?"
If you'll read carefully my previous posts, at no time did I tell you or anyone not to medicate yourselves.
Good day to you.
And to the person who wrote that there is indeed a blood test for bipolar, I'd like to see this test.
Patients taking drugs for the so-called bipolar, such as Depakote and Lithium, often times need to have blood work done regularly to make sure that they are metabolizing the drugs. Is this what you meant?
I never spoke of blood tests but to answer your question my daughter does have blood tests every 4 weeks to make fure her depakote levels are within therapuetic range.
No the doctor did not give me the spiel about diabetes and no I am not afraid of the facts.
I just choose not to defend my daughter's "so called bipolar" to people like you who do not seem to understand its affects on a person and their family.
Good day
