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Old Jul 22, 2011, 01:18 PM
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I am wary about who I use the term "antipsychotic" with. I prefer "neuroleptic". It conveys the much more physical illness tone of the medication, sort of like "neurological" and "epileptic" put together. And just as accurate.

I hate it when the media or people in general use the term "bipolar" in a non-mood context. Like "the weather is so bipolar", meaning having extremes. One time I was reading a magazine and there was an article about Boston where the author used the word "bipolar". He talked about the changing energy shifts of the city depending on the weather. Very busy and "manic" in the summer and, get this, "introspective" as the analogy for the winter darkness. I wish depressions were just "introspective". Obviously the author had no clue what he was talking about. I almost wrote a letter to the editor. I still might.
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