Day one.

Today is the first day with no medication. I feel sleepy, but not overly so. I'm spending the day doing domestic things, like laundry and cleaning.

Today I would like to talk about the recent Psychology Today article refuting the statement made by Dr. Allen Frances about overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Dr. Frances' article mentions, since the inclusion of Bipolar II into the DSM-IV, that pharmacological companies have really been pushing their marketing campaign for anti-psychotics and mood stabilizers. He also speculates that this leads to more people being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.

Psychology Today goes on the state that the cases of overdiagnosis are lower than cases of under diagnosis. PT says that in a recent study the problem was with people NOT being diagnosed with
BPD.

For the full article, click here.

Have you ever felt like you were misdiagnosed? I remember when I was diagnosed and I didn't believe it.