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There's enclaves of doctors who e.g. think everything is some obscure type of bipolar disorder. Listening to doctors above all else is, surprisingly, not a good idea.

For everyone who had their life turned around by medication I have met two or three who either did not see improvement or had negative side effects on all options tried so they gave up.

Some drugs, like the typical or atypical antipsychotics that treat bipolar or rapidly oscillating bipolar, have the side effect of reducing your energy and making you more passive. It's hard to pick out the effects of some drugs from actually solving the issue or just making you more likely to not cause a fuss.