Dysregulation disorderFollow

From the story I heard, it sounded like the new designation was an attempt to remove some of the stigma attached with being 'labeled' as bipolar. Especially for kids and young people that may not be fully on the bipolar end of that continuum.

I'll see if I can find a transcript of the story.

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Edited, Feb 10th 2010 8:38pm by Elinda

This whole chicken and egg discussion got me craving balut.

This.

Oh we used to have those pickled eggs in our store growing up. Mmmmm...I bet they are old though.

I dunno. I will say as a teenager that if I had treatment for PTSD, including medication that may have mellowed me out a bit, it could have mitigated years of emotional upheaval. I'm not the only one from my town that has expressed the same thing but you didn't have anything in the way of mental health treatment in Northern Maine in the 70s and 80s.

I guess I'm always reluctant to accept simplistic dismissals as much as blanket remedies.

Edited, Feb 10th 2010 4:33pm by Annabella

Back in my day ADD was called "rambunctious". It was cured by a completely organic treatment called "go outside and play".

You're also suffering from stupidity.

I didn't state or imply that people don't suffer from bipolar disorder, or that they never need professional intervention.


You tried something which didn't work - it only means you tried the wrong thing. We all do. Most of us persevere and find (through trial and error) how to manage it without rampant self-medication. Others, on the other hand, try something, and at the first failure, abdicate their condition to money-grabbing pharmaceuticals and their lackeys.

You may have a severe condition that requires medical intervention. On the face of things, it just sounds to me like you're a whiney, needy ****.

He did find something that worked. It happened to be medication. Why should he stop using something that is beneficial?

A big part of the problem here is that most doctors are horrified of the prospect of suggesting alternative medicine / home remedies because of all the malpractice lawsuits. As a result, they rarely explore any non-prescription options first. There may be some flexibility when it comes to mental health issues, but not much, I imagine. I know my sister was on 4 or 5 different drugs for various behavior related diagnoses thanks to my mother and her "doctors" before she moved in with me. She's now on only her seizure medicine, and we've tried taking her off that but she couldn't cope.

Edited, Feb 10th 2010 4:01pm by BrownDuck

What I'm saying.

For most sufferers, a caring family is worth more than any medical intervention. Sure, not everyone has that luxury, and some of us have dependents to 'be strong for'. All i'm saying is that a great number of sufferers are thrown straught into (sometimes dangerous) medication without exploring the kind of social support and self-management options that take a great deal more thought and exploration.

I'll say easily though, Nobby, until I was on medication, I was too hyperaroused to actually engage in therapy. Using medication wasn't a lifelong thing but I'm glad it wasn't the last resort. I'll say in my family people have felt incredibly guilty and resisted medication and felt like failures until they realized that it actually worked for them and then they got much better. Not just my family, but my friends too. It made a big difference in their quality of life. They just functioned better--and engaged better in treatment and with friends and some of them eventually stopped taking it.

I don't think it's a necessity for everyone and I think kids are overmedicated but I also think you are painting this picture that isn't everyone's experience.

Edited, Feb 10th 2010 5:15pm by Annabella

At times, yes.