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Old Jul 05, 2017, 09:51 PM
theForce theForce is offline
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Originally Posted by bioChE View Post
If you're looking for a physical/biological test for bipolar, you're going to be searching in vain. Psychiatry is focused on defining symptoms (psych/social/behavioral) and then trying to treat those symptoms. A lot of it is trial and error.

If you come up with another way to diagnose and treat the disorder, you'll be a very rich person.
You are deflecting my question. Did you try googling trends in diagnosis and treatment psychiatry? I did and the first hits show this is an active topic in the field of psychiatry. To think it is as simple as using a DSM and trying things out then your vantage point isn't from a cost and benefits horizon. So it is you that isn't a rich person because rich people enjoy a broad array of advocacy before receiving treatment. I'm not rich but I know how not to think like a poor person. There's a word for that thinking and it's high-school. In high-school we think that "psychiatry is mostly trial and error" and "anyway". But you will have trouble telling behavioral health/medical experts your opinion -- unless their goal is to get you out the door. Now please let me ask my question to the people here who know the answer because they either work in research or they are anonymous patients who know about treatments -- your treatment is obviously the bare essentials and I hope you don't fall into that trap because you won't like where it ends.