Posted by Dragon Black on March 26, 2008, at 14:26:54
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to help a family member unravel several puzzling things he was told by a psychiatrist in the process of trying to qualify for medicaid.
He was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder about 12 years ago, and I'm pretty positive that the Dx is correct. He's clearly bipolar and he has lots of add-ons, including visual and auditory hallucinations. And 3 other people in my nuclear family are bipolar.
He's been on every med under the sun and virtually nothing has worked for him (at least longer than a couple of months). So this psychiatrist tells him that he may be medication resistant due to high cholesterol levels (b/c meds are lipoproteins or some such...). Has anyone ever heard anything about this? He's in his early 30's - god forbid they put him on statins or a cholesterol lowering diet.
Also, the guy seemed to fixate on the idea that his hallucinations are the result of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Anyone know anything about this? I'll probably ask this in another thread so people will see it, just thought I would include it here too.
Thanks for all feedback!
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