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Poot wrote:I'm not discounting the fact that there are people who legitimately have bipolar disorder. I know it exists. I've met a few people who actually have it.

What I'm saying is, this has become a "popular" disorder for psychiatrists to diagnose. It has grown to the rate of the AD(H)D epidemic, where everyone can get diagnosed with this now when they don't actually have it.

You see, in America we eat like crap. There's no denying it. We consume massive amounts of sugar, carbs, and caffeine...and people don't take in to consideration the negative effects that these things have on the body. Caffeine causes irritability. Carbs and sugar cause severe spikes in mood followed by falls in mood. Pretty much, it can mimic bipolar disorder.

So why do you think that people are so quick to assume they have a mental illness and take a pill for something they don't actually have...which ruins their health further...rather than just correcting their diet and getting some exercise?

Haha people love to self diagnos themselves as bipolar I have about 6 people at the high school went to to that claimed they were bipolar, acted like depressed emos and had no life. I know very well they weren't bipolar as I've met someone who is. They were merely crying out for attention. If someone truly has a disorder and isn't an attention seeking idiot, then I respect them. But it annoys the hell out of me when people pretend.

I've heard people say they're bipolar when they didn't even know what it meant <_<

My mom says she doesn't care how bipolar I am, I still need to keep a handle on my emotions. It's like one minute I'm completely calm and happy the next minute I'm screaming and crying and I really hate it. It really isn't anything to talk about faking. I think about it everyday and how it affects those around me. My mom doesn't even trust me with my sister anymore v.v

I know I'm still developing and hopefully my teen hormones will chill the hell out. I keep to myself hoping nothing bad will happen. I've been known to have complete meltdowns.

I don't trust that psychiatrist I went to though >_> he seemed...slow -_- But it is believable. My family does have a history of...very lovely behaviors :3

A lot of people have a bad month or two and so they think they are either depressed or have bi-polar disorder. It's over diagnosed because the tests the do are inaccurate. My friend comes to me every month during her period thinking she's bi-polar and once she even told me that she was diagnosed but couldn't get the medicine. If she was truly diagnosed they wouldn't let her leave the doctor's office without the medicine. So that's another thing, people go around saying they have it just to give a reason for why there hormones and emotions are wonky for a little while.

The solution isn't pointing the finger at people and shaming them for their problems. The solution lies in making healthy options affordable for everyone. About the only one of those things that can be instantly solved with a cheaper option is substituting soda with tap water. And that's only if you don't suffer any ill effects from drinking chlorine.

There you go, that's the issue. You can shove it in other people's faces all you want with simply just 'eat healthy,' but the fact is: People can't afford it. It's nice when you can afford to eat healthy, though. I can afford eating right but, doesn't mean everything else can unless you're completely blind to this world, you'd realize that. Do a bit of research on how much households struggle everyday just to put a meal on the table. Is no food really better then junk/unhealthy food? I didn't think so.

Needless to say, it's more so Doctor's fault with these type of things. They diagnose, give pills and off their way. People put trust into their Doctors, so when their Doctors are telling them they have to take these pills to get better, they will find a way to afford them, that's how it is.

I know when i was in high school just a few years ago my mom made me see one of those doctors that persibe it cant think of what it is called but she put me on medication for bipolar and depression so she had some form of controlling me. and the only reason why they said that i had it is becuase they said they did tests on me to see what i was like in school. when i was in class i was quite and i only talked to my friends when ever i had a class with them or i would talk to the teacher a little bit and i was mainly quite and when i was at home i was always in my room and never socialized with my mom and my step dad. but the medication i was on made me feel worse than what i was. maybe 8 to 9 months i ago before i became an apostolic penacotles i was depressed and i wanted to kill myself mainly because i didn't really have friends after i moved away from my mom and i didn't know where my life was going then in july i went to church camp my friends from church drug me along and i got filled with the holly ghost and i have been happy ever since. so i think it is over diagnosed. because one the sugar that can mimic it and people say loners and the quite people like me that don't talk to people and are with drawn are bi polar when the are not. and people that see the comercials for the medication on tv think i am depressed so i have that disorder so they get medication for it when they don't need it my mom does this. the reason why we do this is because this is america and we eat that stuff up like candy