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"The thing is, no one can help people through bipolar disorder. Only you can help you do it. Unless you make a decision to endure suicidal ideation everyday, it
by jakebasile 10y ago
"The thing is, no one can help people through bipolar disorder. Only you can help you do it. Unless you make a decision to endure suicidal ideation everyday, it will not happen."
I'm not asking for special treatment, I'm asking to be treated like a human being who deserves dignity and life.
- hasenj 10y agoThen ask the doctor to help you lose weight, instead of complaining that the doctor shouldn't advice you to lose weight. If a cure for bipolar disorder exist but a bipolar patient refused to take it because it hurts their self image, what do you presume the doctor should do?
- jakebasile 10y agoFind another way to help the patient.
- hasenj 10y agoWould you be open to possibly having to restrain the patient and force them to take the medicine? Would you be open to shaming then into taking it? Would it be wrong to say that unless they want to be cured, no one can help them?
- AstralStorm 10y agoYes, it is wrong. Forced treatment has a pretty long tradition. The problem is, unlike alcoholism there is no way to abstain from food other than being immobilised and fed IV or enteric. There are no good way to fake satiety yet. For alcoholics, there are drugs that will make one retch when they imbibe. For some narcotics, there are strict blockers.