Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
Reflection on diagnoses, treatments and comorbidities – anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance misuse or addiction. Stigma, and self-stigmatisation are common, and hard to address. The treatments for bipolar disorder can be difficult to tolerate, including weight gain and sedation. Life as a patient informs work as a psychiatrist as a psychiatrist, hopefully for the good. I do have long periods of being on the high side of normal, which is enjoyable, but can end in disaster. The future with bipolar disorder is ultimately unpredictable.
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