Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
Alot of the issues I have about going to the pdoc, etc. Thought I'd share it with you guys. Let me know if you have trouble pulling it up.
www.power2u.org/articles/selfhelp/reclaim.html
www.power2u.org/articles/selfhelp/reclaim.html
THESE are the types of things that need to be spread around to people struggling with mental illness.....too much depressing crap out there. I think this is good!!
Andrea
I'm feeling EMPOWERED now!
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"Meeting with a psychiatrist during "medication appointments" is usually a very disempowering experience. The meetings usually last for 15 or 20 minutes. During the meeting we are expected to answer a few perfunctory questions and to leave with prescriptions for powerful drugs that can dramatically alter the quality of our lives. In these meetings the psychiatrist assumes a position of power and we usually fulfill the expected role of being a quiet, unquestioning, passive patient. Subsequently we will be praised for merely being compliant or scolded/punished if we fail to comply with prescribed medications."
other than that, i totally think a passive role with a pdoc is not healthy. i went through quite a few before i found one who was willing to work with me actively and acknowledge me as an intelligent human being who could be an ally in that i knew my own body and mind while she had the med/psych expertise. she's AWESOME.
this is a great link...thanks for posting it!!
xo, beep.