I also wish they would have told me a lot more after the diagnosis.
What I've found is that they're not trained to do so yet, and the state of the art of bipolar treatment is just beginning to evolve beyond "treat reactively until cycling stops and call it good."
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Bipolar II ultrarapid cycling + ADHD-PI, both treatment resistant af
zyprexa 2.5 / dexedrine 10 / valium 3 :: CYP2D6 poor metabolizer
currently trialing meds one by one with a great pdoc after 20 years of fail
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