This little tidbit appearing in the Start-Telegram from Ft. Worth, Texas, annoyed me. You be the judge. Somehow I am not impressed with that, why did they bother to print it? Was it filler space for the Women’s Section? Was it to tell us watch out in case we get stuck worrying about one thing?
Anxiety to me, and I suspect to anyone that reads here, is not as easy as not worrying so much. My anxiety had nothing to do with worry. Did yours?
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Here is a good story: Bipolar Disorder Over diagnosed? Read the Study Shows Many People Who Are Told They Have the Disorder Don’t Meet Standard Criteria.
About 20% had previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But only 13% met the criteria, says Mark Zimmerman, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence.
“In about half of patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder, we couldn’t confirm the diagnosis,” he tells WebMD.
Why is this happening? How did it get so far?
Patients with anxiety , agitation, irritability, and restlessness that does not persist are sometimes misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, Zimmerman says.
I wonder if that could be because only therapists see us now, Psychiatrists have been turned into Diagnosis and Prescription writing machines, with expensive degrees.
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That’s all the news for today, but I want to ask a question: do insurance and and functionaries decide what treatments and drugs are right for us, or do the Physician’s do it?
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