Posted by LRS on June 6, 2002, at 19:33:57
In reply to rediagnosis: bipolar II, posted by bonnie on June 2, 2002, at 0:59:19
I've also been re-diagnosed recently..after about 9 years of being on & off ADs and on & off therapists. In my case, I think the issue was two-fold:
1) I have had & still have a tendancy to want to appear "normal". I've never let out too much info on "manic" periods(due to embarrassment and guilt)in therapy, making it hard for me to actually get to where I need to be. "Hey, if they can't diagnose it, you can't have it...and you don't want it." had been my line of thinking. Typically when things started getting too close to the bone, I discontinued treatment and meds until I got in deep doo doo again...to put it mildly. Kinda like running away from home. When I went back in, it would be with more or less a clean slate as I never disclosed more information than I had to.
2) When I first started getting help, I rarely heard the term BiPolar. I'm not too up on the history of medical diagnosis..but it seems fairly recently that more attention has been put into bi-polar symptoms in screening processes & such.Take care,
LRS
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