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Old Apr 07, 2015, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by UCMATH View Post
That's the example I was going to use, but I forgot to. Glad you used it. My bro has epilepsy, and his GP won't touch it. I feel like the same would apply to most mental illnesses.


Yep !

A member here sent me a PM recently and they were in a mess, flu, chest crap , went to a walk in clinic and was given 2 shots .. one rochephin Antibiotic (fine) and one a steroid ( not fine) and a script for antibiotics as per the norm. ..

Had that provider "thought" to include the patients psych illness and medication , that person would have avoided the Steroid as it "usually " sends Bipolars into mixed or Mania... So this person had to not only recover and deal with that nasty bronchitis upper respitory crap , they also had to tame Bipolar back down , because the provider wasn't educated enough on Bipolar .

The member here didn't have a clue that the shot is what destabilized them so quickly. Know they know for the future, but meanwhile its major suckage.
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