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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
Regardless, the treatment for all types of bipolar is pretty much the same, and NOS can be just as big a problem as the others. Labels are basically used so insurance companies will pay for treatment, anyway.
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I agree with that! To fulfill a diagnose, if it as an example says; 4 out of 6 symptoms in the DSM system and one has 3 symptoms only, one will not get the diagnose. But these 3 symptoms are there and need treatment as well. In that case we are all in the same boat. Whatever diagnose we have got, it is our personal symptoms that need treatment! We are all humans that need to be treated with respect and dignity regardless of what diagnoses we have or have not!
By the way, almost all diagnoses involve not medication only, but also an understanding of that we must work to try to stay as well as possible with our personal burdens (regular meals, vitamins, physical activity, try to create a regular sleep pattern if we manage to do so, meditation or relaxation exercises).
With regard to the last, it is not meant as a moral "pointing finger", but more like: "There is hope! May be there will come days when you are not able to do your exercises or make healthy meals, but such times will pass!" The best after such a period is to forgive oneself and try to take environmental control as soon as one can. There is always some kind of hope!