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Originally Posted by cocoabeans
Never. Well, maybe one day and only if you pass it off as some depression or anxiety. Everyone and their mother has at least tried an SSRI. It's interesting to see how many people will admit to that if you open up, bipolar disorder though? That's serious...something is wrong with you and you must be babied and have a caregiver and if you decide to go unmedicated?!!! End of world.
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Yes, depression and anxiety are more out in the open. A friend of mine once recommended a p-doc whom she was seeing for D&A, but no one ever has come forward with "here, this doc for bp, she is great!".
One of the job search sites I am subscribed to recently ran an article about unemployment and depression. So depression is becoming acceptable. Mainstream.
that said... I once tried to get care from the Bipolar Center at Stanford University. Long waitlist, could not get in. By the time they called me, I was already in good hands in private practice, so I did not need them. But why are they so booked up, for months and months out? Because of the demand! So there are all the people sitting in the closet.