I have never seen a doctor that has such complete information on every subject that he talks about. Your knowledge on everything that you talk about is incredible.
Agree 💯%! This erudite dr. has given great infor which can help patients and families in discussions with their doctors, since unfortunately, today’s time restraints affect careful assessment & accurate diagnosis. I hope the good dr. will provide a video on drug-induced hypomania/mania (particularly with SSRI’s & SNRI’s- most notably Fluoxetine and Effexor). I want to know why a person is diagnosed bipolar now if they’ve never experienced mania prior to using these medications? Couldn’t this “unmasking” of bipolar, as they’re calling it, be attributed to a paradoxical reaction to the SSRI/SNRI, for example? And regarding the unmasking logic, would it follow then, that the SSRI/SNRI was nothing more than a key unlocking a hidden disease, therefore negating the possibility that it was the drug itself that caused the mania? I am having trouble understanding how a bipolar illness could be present for years yet never present itself until a bad experience with SSRI’s or SNRI’s.
I suffer from Bipolar Disorder 1 and I take Latuda to treat my Bipolar Disorder. It really helps my depression side and I'm not suicidal like I use to be. Latuda for me is a God send.
I went to a psychiatrist 👨⚕️and he diagnosed me with bipolar syndrome. The medication 💊 he prescribed me destroyed my life. I felt extremely me tired to the point I slept everywhere: in school 🏫, in the toilet 🚻. Those pills caused me narcolepsy. I felt weird like a zombie ( half sleepy half awake). I got nasty side effects. My brain 🧠 performance was really badly. I had the feeling as I had dementia. I forgot everything, I couldn’t recall anything I have learnt. I didn’t believe I was bipolar. My doctor told me I had that pathology,therefore I took that drug. It was really a drug which made my life like hell. I loathed taking drugs.
Can I ask what was the name of the medication because I think my doctor has given me bi polar meds to sleep long hours so he could stop giving me valium for my anxiety and shakes , he told me to take this medication "Quetiapine" 25mg soon as I take it I get dizzy and pass out more or less
Your vids have been a literal life saver for me. I would love to see a vid on how to best interact with your doc/Psych to get the best results, and when is it time to find another doc.
A psychiatrist is like a doctor who would try to treat an accident victim with multiple bones without an X-ray. Will some kind of brain imaging or scanning ever replace this nonsense?
You can indeed see the affected and damaged parts of the brain in a patient with bipolar disorder, the only thing is that it's extremely expensive and takes specific professionals to evaluate this. Generally speaking, you can figure out the diagnosis pretty accurately based on judgement of a professional and how you respond to medications. Even if the diagnosis was made with some technology, the medication itself would still be a guessing game because everyone has unique body chemistry and most people will need their own personalized cocktail of medications to achieve normality
I'm really worried if I am bipolar.I've tried at least 15 medications,responded to none and some actually make me feel better for a short period of time and then bad,again.Could this be bipolar?
It was my inpression that it wasnt two categories, but really a spectrum. It was my impression that you can be hypomanic but little enough so that you and your friends and family cant even tell you are hypomanic.
It’s only two categories. But a person can have rapid cycling bipolar disorder. Hypomania that people can’t tell is in the bipolar two category. I was a psych nurse for fourteen years and I am bipolar.
@@DeviantMotives if its hypomania that people cant tell is hypomania, how do you know it's really hypomania and not just an uncharacteristiclly good mood with extreme irritability for no reason? I guess I am asking if hypomania isnt severe enough to notice it, is it really hypomania in the first place?
