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Old Jun 25, 2014, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ifst5 View Post
The thing is, i kind of got my diagnoses as i went along, so i'd already experienced rather a lot of incompetence and knew that i wasn't going to get help regardless of what they told me. But i needed to put a name to the madness and i hope that if anything, i can face up to it one day by myself.
I can so relate to this and it terrified me. I have seen so many incompetent workers who do more damage. Nowadays I know to get referrals, put my guard up and watch for signs of inept treatment. I have and often still do believe I'll just get worse. The thing I try not to do is compare myself to other bipolars. My AA sponsor was 20 years older and had a terrible case of bipolar. I thought that's my future because it only gets worse with age. Nowadays I try to look at all the ways she is not taking care of herself and think of the advances that will be made in medicine.

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