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Oct 20, 2013, 01:21 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by dubblemonkey
I dis-agree...
bipolar is a very intense broadly affective condition.
I was diagnosed with a whole bunch of stuff before 'they' arrived at BP...
bipolar is a terrible mindset for doctors but they are glad that after some time they can actually diagnose and that's that
it's an illness that kinda tops most others...
it's like the head of the family
the only thing that can compete with bipolar is borderline...
and the two together are a very interesting combination...
scary
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I may be misunderstanding, but it sounds like you're saying that Bipolar Disorder is the 'worst' (or most challenging, or whatever) diagnosis someone can have (if I'm wrong, I apologize)? Regardless, I'll put out there that I think suffering cannot be quantified or certainly compared -someone with MDD, severe anxiety, PTSD, etc., etc., everyone suffers -and everyone's experience within any diagnosis (including BP) is different as well.
There are also tons of people who fit no diagnostic criteria for mental illness, but suffer horrendously due their circumstances (I lived in a war-torn 3rd world country for a couple of years, but there is plenty of poverty and violence in this country as well). Many of these people, no doubt, suffer 'just as much' as many who suffer with mental illness -it's just different.
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