tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post1598442210306782325..comments2023-07-03T07:26:04.780-04:00Comments on The Rejecter: Medical TrendsThe Rejecterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087643296072075641noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-38244625525565257172007-08-10T14:28:00.000-04:002007-08-10T14:28:00.000-04:00So according to yesterday's queries, everyone has ...<I>So according to yesterday's queries, everyone has bipolar disorder. Or, everyone has written a memoir about having it.</I><BR/><BR/>Now come all the shills for New Drugs or New Treatments...<BR/><BR/>"Theories are like assholes. Everybody has one."<BR/><BR/>Same with Memoirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-56930466056708609392007-07-27T13:52:00.000-04:002007-07-27T13:52:00.000-04:00I know that as a parent of a kid (now adult) with ...I know that as a parent of a kid (now adult) with either high functioning autism or Asperger' Syndrome, I'd sure like to read a memoir of an experience that isn't a "smiling through the tears" sort of thing calling for a cure for their dysfunctional kid.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to read about some autism success stories, dang it! It was a good thing that the popular autism parenting memoirs didn't come along until *after* my son was doing well in high school/had graduated with honors, because, boy, I'd sure be a depressed parent of a kid with autism.<BR/><BR/>(Can you tell I'm not a Cure Autism Now type?)<BR/><BR/>Mind you, memoir is not my particular strength--I'd much rather write and publish fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-15594992093200920642007-07-27T09:47:00.000-04:002007-07-27T09:47:00.000-04:00If a bipolar author were also an artist of some ki...If a bipolar author were also an artist of some kind, a memoir describing how the ups and downs affected both his/her life and art might be interesting. For example, a painter who worked a week straight without sleep sure that his/her latest obsession was a masterpiece only to crash convinced it was the worst crap he/she had ever produced. What happened next? How do the meds affect the art? And so on.<BR/><BR/>Bipolar disorder in an average person, on the other hand? I've listened to my significant other, the bipolar desk jockey, talk about it for years. I will continue to do so until one of us dies because that's what you do when you love somebody. But even if it were well-written, I wouldn't read the book. Snorrrrre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-32733853128961365632007-07-27T01:52:00.000-04:002007-07-27T01:52:00.000-04:00manic depression is not a diagnosis. It was repla...manic depression is not a diagnosis. It was replaced by the term bipolar depression (i.e. two ends; in contrast to unipolar depression). The same with multiple personality disorder; that is now termed disassociative identity disorder.<BR/><BR/>Diagnoses can get tricky in mental health because they are so profoundly based on the individual's rating. For example, depression inventories ask for notable changes over the past few weeks. If a person has been functionally depressed for many, many years, his/her responses would be lesser than someone with the same 'level' of depression who has only recently begun experiencing depression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-10674523179136331872007-07-26T22:46:00.000-04:002007-07-26T22:46:00.000-04:00Well, then hopefully you'll soon be getting a lot ...Well, then hopefully you'll soon be getting a lot of memoirs about people suffering from restless leg syndrome and overactive bladder. (And the truly gifted write will have both. And it will be luminous.)clindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337038541423116138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-38798535573950726812007-07-26T22:38:00.000-04:002007-07-26T22:38:00.000-04:00One of my best friends is a radiologist, adn he di...One of my best friends is a radiologist, adn he dispenses opinions about what's wrong with me quite freely.John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-42865018340075766282007-07-26T19:35:00.000-04:002007-07-26T19:35:00.000-04:00"Not only do the patients not know what these term..."Not only do the patients not know what these terms mean, the doctors don't know, either."<BR/><BR/>There have been several studies that show that psychiatric diagnoses are as reliable as those pronounced my one of the so-called hard science medical fields such as radiology. In one study, for example, they found that psychiatrists agree on diagnoses as consistently as radiologists.<BR/><BR/>So this means either that psychiatric diagnoses are as valid as those given by radiologists, or tht radiological diagnoses are as invalid as those given by psychiatrists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-69448040544866046442007-07-26T16:19:00.000-04:002007-07-26T16:19:00.000-04:00Ding! Ding! Ding! Please give Tena a prize. She wi...Ding! Ding! Ding! Please give Tena a prize. She wins.Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-67498505453164915992007-07-26T15:53:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:53:00.000-04:00I can understand the need to designate whatever me...I can understand the need to designate whatever mental illness you're suffering from. That way the insurance companies will know what they're rejecting you for.Tena Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630397939303203418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-34858222241841400462007-07-26T11:50:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:50:00.000-04:00I am always suspicious of labeling people.There is...I am always suspicious of labeling people.<BR/><BR/>There is a wide range behavioural spectrum but I think we get caught up in trying to pigeon hole everyone into "normal" behaviour (hmm, I wonder, are real "quotes" as annoying as those "tic-tic" finger-air quotes people do while speaking?). Clearly if you are not normal, then you are in some way deviant and need to be fixed (or at least treated or controlled).<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it may be rooted in the ancient practice of naming something. If you could name it, then you could control it (which is why God never gave his name to Moses). Many cultures had the practice of public and private names.<BR/><BR/>If we can name "whatever it is" about ourselves, then we can control it.<BR/><BR/>Alternately, maybe it is the need of feeling special: "I am a bipolar, schizoid old Crohn".<BR/><BR/>It could also be a way of people trying to excuse themselves of responsibility for themselves, "What did you expect? I am a narcissist with a tendency towards exhibitionism who suffers from aerophagia."<BR/><BR/>Of course, people also tend to have a herd instinct (even if they think they have an original idea) and just get washed up in whatever is trendy at the time.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466885792177930052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-84119322925304086062007-07-26T10:36:00.000-04:002007-07-26T10:36:00.000-04:00Don't forget autism . . . from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in...Don't forget autism . . . from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 166 in our population.<BR/><BR/>Are you seeing more books on autism or Asperger's since Look Me in the Eye?John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-83142256430370311742007-07-26T09:07:00.000-04:002007-07-26T09:07:00.000-04:00So, does a mid-western bi-polar memior not even st...So, does a mid-western bi-polar memior not even stand a chance? What about a New York bi-polar memior?<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I couldn't resist....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-28213351998559342402007-07-25T20:21:00.000-04:002007-07-25T20:21:00.000-04:00it was an interesting little note, thank you. you...it was an interesting little note, thank you. your last note also was interesting, but it made me momentarily question the burrito I was eating yesterday, when I read it. I'm gonna have to have another tree planted in the negev or somethin.danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275000628242921287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-77162462197444129662007-07-25T19:23:00.000-04:002007-07-25T19:23:00.000-04:00So, were these queries... bi-polar?One minute calm...So, were these queries... bi-polar?<BR/><BR/>One minute calm and the next enraged and demanding representation, only to end with "Hugs and Kisses"?<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but that was my initial thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-25644472013866513742007-07-25T19:21:00.000-04:002007-07-25T19:21:00.000-04:00Does that mean they get to write in two genres?My ...Does that mean they get to write in two genres?<BR/><BR/>My Yahoo pop up tells me how to diagnosed myself with bipolar. Open any magazine and read the ads, "I didn't know my mood swings were more than just depression." We're trained by the pharm companies to convince ourselves we're sick. Got to go, my restless legs just won't let me stay in my chair....<BR/><BR/>I'm an autism Mom, don't get me started on Pharma.<BR/><BR/>(Why did you remove your other post? I learned quite a bit from it about your religion. It was interesting!)Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623128.post-50227904776392339672007-07-25T18:25:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:25:00.000-04:00Not only do the patients not know what these terms...Not only do the patients not know what these terms mean, the doctors don't know, either.<BR/><BR/>I work at a big teaching hospital with several mental health units. Daily we get charts to code (for billing and statistical purposes, every diagnosis a doctor writes has to be translated into a number). Daily we get charts documented by fully qualified psychiatrists, in which one day the patient has bipolar, the next schizoaffective, the next major depression...<BR/><BR/>And we're supposed to discern one main code out of all this drivel.<BR/><BR/>If the docs don't know what the criteria are for diagnosis in these categories, how are they supposed to communicate to the patients?<BR/><BR/>I think the problem is that psychiatry has progressed to a point, but not enough. The struggle the professionals face is to determine what little box to put the patient in. If the bipolar box or the schizoaffective box or the major depression box doesn't fit an individual, they'll MAKE it fit.<BR/><BR/>If this sounds like medieval alchemy, this might be the reason.<BR/><BR/>Name withheld to protect--well, somebody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com