[lowbloodsugar]

I feel like you are writing off the whole article with a sentiment along the lines of “this bitch was already psycho”.

I can tell you that I am certainly not bipolar and yet I had similar problems on related drugs, resulting in bankruptcy and violence. I will never, ever again take drugs from a psychiatrist. For all the fake panic about “reefer madness” supposed medical “professionals” can prescribe mind altering drugs that cause violence and bankruptcy.

And then people like you write it off as “oh she was bipolar” with the implication that such reactions can’t happen to “normal” people.

Disappointed but not surprised that all the men here upvoted you, like a circle of bearded 19th century doctors in a mental asylum for “hysterical women”. Lamenting that you can’t get this poor hysterical woman into your institution so you can give her the electrocution “therapy” she desperately needs. Have to make do with these new drugs. Any side effects are clearly due to her frail and mentally weak gender, and not the utterly inappropriate mind altering drugs.

[somebodynew]

I understand your frustration with the current state of psychiatry, but I think that you may be reading too much of it into my comment. I had no intention of shifting any blame from the wholly inappropriate combination of prescribed drugs or the psychiatrist to the patient, and I used very deliberate wording to intentionally avoid making any reference whatsoever to the gender of the patient. The point of my post was to highlight that this case appeared to be a manic episode which could be triggered by almost any antidepressant, not a rare and unique adverse effect that could only be caused by pramipexole or dopamine agonists.

[lowbloodsugar]

The article discussed several examples, including men. You stopped reading after making your decision about the one woman.

[kayodelycaon]

Agree here. Medications or thyroid issues can absolutely cause bipolar symptoms. A psychiatrist should be screening those out before reaching for a bipolar diagnosis.