Posted by ed_uk2010 on August 26, 2010, at 15:32:06
In reply to Re: Is It Depression or Bipolar?, posted by linkadge on August 24, 2010, at 9:03:21
>I think the problem is that researchers want a reason why antidepressant performance sucks so much. So, of course they try and rediagnose the patients as having a different illness.
It's essentially a case of 'blame the patient'. Note that pdocs often say 'the patient failed to respond to fluoxetine', not 'fluoxetine was not effective'. Apparently, it is the patient who failed, not the drug.
>As violette mentioned, everybodys bipolar these days anyway, so whats the difference
The bipolar diagnosis is becoming increasingly all-inclusive. Soon, it may be the only diagnosis! Promotion of the bipolar diagnosis is certainly very good for selling expensive new medications, especially antipsychotics.
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