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Originally Posted by Savage1
I have been diagnosed Bipolar in the USA for 20 years. No one said anything to ME about reporting to the Motor Vehicle Department. MOREOVER I am a Master's level Psychotherapist who did my post grad at Harvard. NOwhere have I heard of such a thing being compulsory unless you have seizures from meds or hallucinations that interfere with your driving! I think that Dr. was being abusive and trying to SCARE you into taking the meds. Whether you need them or not is a whole different issue, but his behavior was very arrogant and unacceptable. I'm very sorry this has happened to you!
Be Well;
Savage1
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Unfortunately, he was right about the driving. I'm in the UK and if you've ever experienced mania or hypermania then you need to notify them and then can only drive if you've been stable for 3 months, and are taking prescribed medication, and need a letter from doctor to prove all this.
That's just not going to happen for me though as I'm not taking the medication. It's not worth it to me as I'm OK as I am really. I do need to drive though so I'm in a difficult position. The only solution as far as I can see is to try and reverse the diagnosis and I just don't know if this is even possible at the moment. Failing that then, yes, I will have to take the medication. I don't want to though as I think they sound very dangerous. I have a family history of high blood pressure and heart disease and I've had numerous kidney infections.