kitty125
The Force is Strong With This One
So lately I've been reading a lot about the increasingly popular bipolar disorder. Ten years ago I had never even heard of such a thing but was later diagnosed with it when I was 17. Now it seems half of the people I get around have also been diagnosed with it. I read the article of the man that stabbed his girlfriend in front of their daughter,and it got me thinking. Why does it seem so many people are diagnosed with this disorder? To me it seems like an epidemic because more and more people are experiencing this mood 'rollercoaster' these days.Is it just me noticing something thats always been or more people really developing this? I remember reading somewhere that if a doctor can't figure out what's wrong with the patient mentally, they diagnose them as bipolar. Or sometimes they diagnose them just to put them on medication. I remember getting on medication a couple of times and it actually did the opposite of what it was supposed to do. It made me so irritable and angry that I would cuss my friends and family out for no reason.Needless to say I immediately discontinued the medication and never touched it again. So is the population really worse off or am I just noticing it more? The bad thing about this disorder is that it's hard to decipher the real from the fiction. Your mind sometimes tells you it's real and will actually trick you by making you see intentions or actions that aren't really there. I guess I'm kind of looking for everyone else's opinion. To get an idea of how much people really know about it and what they think.