Posted by Smith562 on August 30, 2005, at 20:49:28
In reply to Re: Special Consideration when blocking Dr Bob? » Smith562, posted by JenStar on August 30, 2005, at 20:08:05
I don't think individuals in the extreme throws of mania, depression or psychosis have control over there actions/decisions.
Let’s say an individual with bipolar disorder is well controlled on lithium. Unfortunately the individual is starting to get kidney dysfunction due to lithium. Their psychiatrist suggests enrolling in a study involving a novel medication being investigated for bipolar disorder. The medication turns out not to effective for bipolar disorder and several weeks later that individual is in a florid manic episode and feel like individuals are plotting against him. They read a post on psychobabble and respond, "why are you plotting against me, your an inconsiderate jerk!"
First: I don't feel that person has control over their mania/delusions.
Second: Once that person is stable, it would be unfortunate if that person could not participate on babble. Maybe they would share their experience with the drug, how they coped during and after their mania and how they recovered with the babble readers.
A guess we can agree to disagree.
Smith
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