[Moose72]

I recorded this. Is there one on adults? The kid one I can sort of relate to - but more from my teen tears. Would be nice to see one about adults.

[RRU96]

I really wish I had Discovery Health. I wanted to see this but alas, not in my Dish Network package. Might have to check out Hulu or somewhere to check this out. Maybe Discovery Health's website?

[FeelingHopeful]

When was this on?

[grizmom]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I recorded this. Is there one on adults? The kid one I can sort of relate to - but more from my teen tears. Would be nice to see one about adults.

I recorded it too...there isn't going to be one on adults that I know of. I wish they would have clarified that not everyone shows symptoms of bipolar as a child, that it sometimes shows later in life; and I wish they would have talked a little about the different types of bipolar and symptoms instead of just focusing on the extreme bipolar I symptoms. I'm afraid people who watched it will have a child who shows no symptoms until late teens or early adulthood and then when diagnosed, the parent says something like "well, I saw a show about bipolar and you don't have it because you weren't like that as a child" You know what I mean? But it was interesting to watch, and very sad to see such young children having to suffer through this

[RRU96]

If anyone can find this to watch online, please post the link if possible.

[Moose72]

It didnt show what i feel i experience as bp 1 and in my 30s. Some of what the boy was going through i recognized biy i dpubt it would mran the same to those who havent experienced it.

[grizmom]

Originally Posted by Moose72

It didnt show what i feel i experience as bp 1 and in my 30s. Some of what the boy was going through i recognized biy i dpubt it would mran the same to those who havent experienced it.

I know...the mania symptoms in adults and children can be much different. I felt in the end that in some ways they only added to the stigma by not making it clear that not all people with bipolar have that extreme rage; especially because in adults it is not always a part of mania, where as in children it is sometimes the only symptom.

That was like the show they did on panic disorder...first of all, the show was called "Anxiety" but it was about panic disorder...why didn't they call it "Panic Disorder"? People who have anxiety don't necessarily have panic disorder. Second, the few people they featured were pretty much "cured" after a few weeks of therapy - which is definitely not common from what I know.

I guess it bothered me that they were showing these as part of May is Mental Health month, and they didn't seem to try very hard to change the stigmas associated with mental illness; they just focused on extreme cases in all the shows and didn't explain that symptoms and treatments will vary with any mental illness. We need to do our own show, who's with me?

[Moreta]

Originally Posted by grizmom

I know...the mania symptoms in adults and children can be much different. I felt in the end that in some ways they only added to the stigma by not making it clear that not all people with bipolar have that extreme rage; especially because in adults it is not always a part of mania, where as in children it is sometimes the only symptom.

That was like the show they did on panic disorder...first of all, the show was called "Anxiety" but it was about panic disorder...why didn't they call it "Panic Disorder"? People who have anxiety don't necessarily have panic disorder. Second, the few people they featured were pretty much "cured" after a few weeks of therapy - which is definitely not common from what I know.

I guess it bothered me that they were showing these as part of May is Mental Health month, and they didn't seem to try very hard to change the stigmas associated with mental illness; they just focused on extreme cases in all the shows and didn't explain that symptoms and treatments will vary with any mental illness. We need to do our own show, who's with me?

Seriously. I was watching the anxiety one and I totally agree with you. Anxiety does not always cause panic attacks. I have a lot of anxiety, but I've only had like 2 panic attacks in my life. I would also liked to be cured after a few weeks of therapy, so I wouldn't have to go every 2 weeks to see my therapist. That would be awesome, since I would save >$1000/yr.

It would be hilarious if I was on one of those shows, but then again it probably wouldn't be TV friendly, unless it was on showtime after 10PM.

But then again, I would probably make the therapists provided cry (which is why I will not see a woman therapist anymore) and they might possibly lock me away for a while. Which is never fun.