Posted by BarbaraCat on May 27, 2002, at 1:14:14
In reply to Re: OKAY --NOW WHAT Am I being faced with med-failure? » BarbaraCat, posted by Sarahmarie on May 26, 2002, at 23:58:03
SarahMarie,
Well, all this diagnosis stuff is pretty much like the word 'Jazz'. It's just a word, but very inept at describing the many shades, colors, and moods of the many faces of jazz music. You get something that doesn't fit neatly into a standard genre of music and it gets lumped into 'jazz'. There are so many flavors of mood disorders that our poor docs don't know how to get a handle on them.I was horrified at first when I realized that I was Bipolar II, instead of just severely depressed. I mean, Egads - lithium! That label doesn't feel exactly right either, even though the drug works. I only know that all of us here on this board have something that cannot be dismissed with a name. Perhaps it boils down to being extremely sensitive and exhausted and freaked out by how brutal life can be. Unfortunately, insurance companies don't cotton to 'Life Sucks' as a valid diagnostic label.
I wouldn't worry about the Borderline diagnosis. If it means anything, you don't strike me as Borderline Personality at all. But if it makes your pdocs more comfortable, then let them sit with it until it looks like some other disorder du jour. Then they'll diagnose you with that. Don't fret about it - it's just a word and does not describe you or your soul. As long as the meds work, call it whatever. Look on the bright side, at least you're exquistely complex! - Barbara
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