Well,
As many of you may have suspected, I was diagnosed with a mental health issue last week.
Specifically, bi-polar disorder without significant signs of depression.
I asked the psychiatrist:
me> "Can you really call it bipolar if there is no depression?"
Dr. J> "Yes that's the diagnoses."
me> "'Bi' implies two. I get it if someone is manic and then depressed, but, I'm not depressed?"
Dr. J> "It's quite possible for there to be many variations of the same disease."
me> "Like cancer?"
Dr. J> "Sure, like cancer."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
So now, along with clonazepam and olanzapine, I have to take Lurasidone.
Three reasons why I don't like this shit:
1. It's Japanese. I have PTSD from working with the Japanese.
2. It's fucking expensive. My benefits cover it but $350 a month?
3. Nobody knows why or how it works. Am I a fuckin guinea pig? Don't give me shit that nobody knows how it works. If you just wanna keep me upbeat and happy, prescribe me some MDMA -- same damage.
Anyway, I guess this is an open question to ask others who have been officially diagnosed with a mental illness. How does work handle it? If you work in HR, do you consider it a specific problem similar to blindness or a broken leg?
Anyone else take Latuda? I hear it's very effective but nobody I've spoke with personally has used it (probably because it's stupid expensive). Does being expensive make it better?
-jM
A&D
As many of you may have suspected, I was diagnosed with a mental health issue last week.
Specifically, bi-polar disorder without significant signs of depression.
I asked the psychiatrist:
me> "Can you really call it bipolar if there is no depression?"
Dr. J> "Yes that's the diagnoses."
me> "'Bi' implies two. I get it if someone is manic and then depressed, but, I'm not depressed?"
Dr. J> "It's quite possible for there to be many variations of the same disease."
me> "Like cancer?"
Dr. J> "Sure, like cancer."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder
So now, along with clonazepam and olanzapine, I have to take Lurasidone.
Three reasons why I don't like this shit:
1. It's Japanese. I have PTSD from working with the Japanese.
2. It's fucking expensive. My benefits cover it but $350 a month?
3. Nobody knows why or how it works. Am I a fuckin guinea pig? Don't give me shit that nobody knows how it works. If you just wanna keep me upbeat and happy, prescribe me some MDMA -- same damage.
Anyway, I guess this is an open question to ask others who have been officially diagnosed with a mental illness. How does work handle it? If you work in HR, do you consider it a specific problem similar to blindness or a broken leg?
Anyone else take Latuda? I hear it's very effective but nobody I've spoke with personally has used it (probably because it's stupid expensive). Does being expensive make it better?
-jM
A&D