Why is it that when someone writes in their question "I got angry" or "My mood changed" or "I yelled" or "I cried".... IMMEDIATELY there are six or eight people saying "It's probably bipolar".
That answer sounds exactly like the typical psychiatrist answer. Why do people think they know everything.
I think it's because they have read to many of the propaganda books put out by the drug companies.
2007-01-13 01:48:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
A lot of us don't have a life because of mental illness and depending on the question or how it was asked, were able to give a pretty good insight on the problem. If people weren't embarrassed to see and talk to a doctor about emotional problems then they wouldn't have to come here to find unprofessional answers that even professionals have a problem under standing since they never been through it them selves.
Then there's the women who doesn't want to see a doctor because "A" she's a mother and "B" she works in a field where she has to be on the ball Two of the best reasons to see a doctor but would rather come here and hope for a suggestion/advice that'll click in and help her snap out of it.
Chele I like your answer,, simple to the point. Thoughts, suggestions and personal experience can make a difference. I've been emailed by quit a few people saying thanks I'm off to the doctor.
For those that meds that don't work or med resistant, ask your doctor about trans cranial magnetic therapy. This is supposed to do wonders where people can't take meds but the demand for this is high while access to the machine is limited. The waiting list is about a year.
2007-01-13 02:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I completely agree. Just because someone cries, switches moods, ect, doesn't mean they have bipolar. Everyone goes through these things. Bipolar is so hard to detect but yet now in days doctors are giving the label to everyone! If you tell a doctor "One minute I'm happy, one minute I'm sad", they will automatically diagnose you bipolar. Then they will look more into it to see if you are 1 or 2, ect. ect. This is what my doctor told me: Everyone goes through emotional ups and downs ( mood swings ), but when it starts to impair your functioning in society, then you have a problem. So how can someone read a question and say " Oh my god this person has bipolar" when he or she has no idea why the person was crying. Was it just once, or is it frequent? People do have a habit of reading symptoms to disorders and right away applying it to people they know. Symptoms to disorders are actually thoughts that a normal brain has. The reason why it is called a disorder though, unlike normal brains, a chemical in the brain is pumping excessive amounts, or maybe lacking, which then causes certain thoughts to overpower all, and causing impairment. My doctor also told me that doctors are pressed to give diagnoses on the spot due to legal purposes. If a patient goes into a doctors office, tells their symptoms, and doesn't receive a diagnoses, goes home, and something happens...no one will know where to start. But if they were diagnosed bipolar or whatever, people can then have an answer to the persons actions. Which is still complete crap. Just because someone has a disorder doesn't mean it's the reason why they did what they did.
2007-01-13 10:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mood changes are what bipolar is. But your right just because you have a mood change or cry doesn't mean you have it. There are other criteria for bipolar than that. I have a great doctor who asks me many questions about how I feel. And he knows me due to the fact that I have seen him for the past 6 years. So i know without a shadow of a doubt that I have bipolar. But it is so much more than crying and moods changing a couple of times.
Also I see people who get in trouble with the law using bipolar as the reason why the did what they did. I find that appalling. It makes all bipolar look like we are all just saying it to get out of something or all of us are the same and we are someday going to do the same things. Like that one really pretty blond teacher that was caught sleeping with her student. They claim she has it.
Bipolar is not a get out of jail free card!!!!!!
2007-01-13 10:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by sweetsnickers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that we should not be jumping to conclusions.
Bipolar isn,t the usual forms of depression, or anger associated with depression.
I think that there has been a wrongful emphasis on Bipolar, in the campaigns out there for mental health.
Instead of raising general awareness , that your mental health is as important to keep check on as your general health and oral health,
We are one being.
To have a healthy mind and body and to take care of both is the key.
However its also better to bring out information fact sheets etc, that have the things to look for, and the ways to avoid getting worse, and focus on the getting help first, then the diagnosis.
Many of these illnesses are treatable with out the classic medications, good eating, drinking fluids excersis etc are the first things to try.
But let doctors check each thing you feel maybe amiss.
This forum is for information sharing, and opinions, but we must remember these are just that, opinions.
Doctors are where you go, if you think there is anything wrong, with brain and body.
Sandy
Good health is mind , body and soul.
2007-01-13 10:31:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sandry T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree any mental illness is very difficult to identify. I would hope that everyone knows it is only advise, not a diagnosis.... Way too many people have been given the wrong diagnosis of bipolar/depression. I think anytime a person feels down or blue (it is normal to feel this way sometimes, life is not always HAPPY) and they tell the doctor, dr is way to quick to hand out drugs...
2007-01-13 09:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by Ang 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a very good question! Especially since I think that Bi-polar is the most mis-diagnosed mental health issue around! Mood disorders are actually very hard to correctly diagnose from what I have researched.
2007-01-14 00:12:50 · answer #6 · answered by kar506 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow another intelligent person!!! it's a rarity on these boards i completly agree with you. lol you should read my post , it is mostly about borderline diagnosis but it is essentailly the same feelings. People on here just love to think they know all about mental illnesses when even the trained psychologists that have been researching for years and years don't know everything about it. People here are just morons and they have no concept how their ill informed opions can potentially damage people that are genuinely looking for help and take their diagnosis/advice.
check out my post. It's nice to see someone else with a bit of intelligence. http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgHO7tbcv.JgJ_C3K.1Lk4_g5gt.?qid=20070112033033AAcORyC
2007-01-13 21:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by colonel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know ... maybe the same reason why so many people on here look for answers that should be answered by a professional and we can't fathom why this would be the place they go.
They're looking for thoughts and suggestions, and it doesn't matter that spelling and grammar are less than par, as long as they get feed back and points it all seems good.
2007-01-13 09:57:04 · answer #8 · answered by Chele 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The drawback of posting questions on a forum like this is that you will get many guesses and diagnoses from people who aren't qualified.
2007-01-13 09:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychiatrists aren't so good either. They overdiagnose just like people on here. Mention mood swings to them: bipolar.
2007-01-13 10:31:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋