Posted by yxibow on June 7, 2008, at 4:44:28
In reply to Re: 'Growing Up Bipolar' in Newsweek, posted by dbc on June 6, 2008, at 10:30:07
> Im BP2 although without normal hypomaniac features but rather completely neurotic crazyness instead and i dont respond to anti-psychotics in any positive way so using the words bi polar in my case is just a weird umbrella statement.
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> My reaction to the story as an adult is complete indifference and lack of empathy. I really have a hard time understanding children being diagnoesed with all these disorders when their brain is still developing.Curious -- and you're entitled to your opinion, but is it the lack of empathy for medicating children (which complicated nonpsychotropic drugs also have to be prescribed for disorders) -- because I felt complete empathy for the family involved -- they absolutely had no idea how to handle their child. I don't agree with smacking or touching any child in any punitive manner, thats an absolute view of mine, but it is an ingrained ideology in a lot of cultures, western ones included -- I support laws against spanking and especially smacking children. Today there are much more effective ways of dealing with discipline.
What struck me though of course was that the streak of illness most likely ran through the father's side, though his male reticence made him wish to deny this possibility.
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