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Originally Posted by bluewave7
Mandrec...
The reason I said this is because a licensed professional Pdoc told me to quit drinking for three months and don't come back to him before that. I was honest about my drinking to my Pdoc and I don't think most people are. But he said that drug use and alcohol use must be cleaned nd cleared away to see if those substances were causing the moods wings and if the mood swings were still occurring aft that to come back. I didn't like him telling me that but I knew it was true. I did what he said and still had major symptoms at which point he dxed me as Bipolar 1. I went to ten different pdocs to get different opinions and they all said the same thing. Bipolar1. I was in denial. I thought maybe it was just a problem with alcohol. Now I have two diseases bipolar 1 and alcoholism and I work very hard at staying sober nd stable. It sounds to me like you are a professional who knows about diagnosing. Are you? I certainly am not but I've been at this Bipolar/drug/alcohol or more commonly called dual diagnosis experience for 15 years.
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It sounds like he was oversimplifying things. I have heard that alcoholism can cause symptoms that are associated with bipolar disorder, but far from all drugs do that. No, I am not a professional, but I have gotten a few professional opinions and done some research on my own. I was diagnosed while still using marijuana. All of them agreed, and while my drug use was discussed I am, and they are sure it is not the cause of my illness. It's actually very obvious in my case that it's not.
But I'm sure the regular use of almost any drug could be an obstacle when diagnosing bipolar (maybe even coffee?).