Mistakes Doctors Make in Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Here are common mistakes doctors make in the treatment of bipolar disorder. HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft says misdiagnosis, not educating the bipolar patient, and not following up enough with the patient are three big problems.

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[AkathisiA101]

Average rate of gray matter loss: evidence of neuroleptic drug-induced brain damage. The more drugs you've been given, the more brain tissue you lose. What exactly do these drugs do? They block basal ganglia activity. The prefrontal cortex doesn't get the input it needs and is being shut down by drugs. That reduces the psychotic symptoms. It also causes the prefrontal cortex to slowly atrophy.

[AkathisiA101]

I understand that although my doctor says that I am sick or that I have a treatable illness or disease, he or she is just using a figure of speech and cannot establish, with any test or procedure known to medical science that I in fact "have" the "illness" implied by the diagnostic label.

[AkathisiA101]

I understand that a DSM-IV diagnostic label has been assigned to me, based on my doctor's subjective judgment of my speech, manner, and behavior during our meeting, which lasted approximately _____ minutes.

Ask these retards for a chemical imbalance TEST before taking pschiatric poison !!!

[raymondckwu]

yes, see your doctor and ask to see a specialist who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of Bipolar disorder.

[Alexakajohnjohnson]

i am austrailain is there anyway for someone deemed bipolar get it lifted. i believe i have been misdiagnosised and iv had enough.