Good morning everyone. I just found out my daughter, who is 28 and lives far away, has been diagnosed with Bipolar 2. You might find this strange but I am happy about this. Actually a better way of putting it is I'm relieved. You see I could have told you years ago that she had BP. i encouraged her frequently to see a psychiatrist. I felt that she could be saved a great deal of turmoil if she learned from my experience and got help sooner rather than later. I'm happy she finally sought the help of a psychiatrist and I'm happy she has been put on mood stabilizers. She is lucky it was caught relatively early before she had any major episodes. The psychiatrist was very reassuring telling her that if she made it to 28 without any hospitalizations or running into trouble functioning at college or work, she was likely going to be fine. I'm sure she worried about ending up like me. I believe she has been saved years of misdiagnosis and ineffective meds by sharing the family history of bipolar. I am so grateful to this psychiatrist for recognizing what she has been dealing with but at the same time being reassuring rather than alarming.
On another level, I'm so relieved that she was able to see a psychiatrist and has been taken on as a patient. Where I live (Ontario) there is real shortage and wait times after a referral are very, very long.
Neli
On another level, I'm so relieved that she was able to see a psychiatrist and has been taken on as a patient. Where I live (Ontario) there is real shortage and wait times after a referral are very, very long.
Neli
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