WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2000: Re: Misdiagnosis of Bipolar disorder?

Re: Misdiagnosis of Bipolar disorder?

From: Tonya (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 May 2000 12:28:06 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 12 May 2000, dbb wrote: >
>I don't have any advice for you, but you may find this interesting. I just
>checked out a book from the library called "Women's Moods, What Every Woman
>Must Know About Hormones, The Brain, And Emotional Health." Written by
>Deborah Sichel, M.D., and Jeanne Watson Driscoll, M.S., R.N., C.S. I don't
>know what all those letters except the MD and RN mean, but the book is about
>many "mood" problems that are treated physciatrically (sp), but upon closer
>examination are related to the ebb and flow during the monthly cycles. I
>haven't gotten very far, but may prove some interesting information for you
>and many others here.
>Thanks so much for the info-will definitely look for the book you mentioned! *T*
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net Behalf
>Of Tonya Reece
>Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:44 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH
>Subject: Misdiagnosis of Bipolar disorder?
>
>My sister-in-law was diagonosed with bipolar disorder approx. 2 years
>ago. She has been hospitalized x 2, less than 24 hours each time. After
>being overly medicated for this length of time,(2 years) a GYN has
>reviewed her charts and noted that all of her "episodes" seem to be
>cyclical-within days of her period each month. The remainder of the
>month she experiences all the symtoms of depression due to the hopeless
>and helpless feeling of not finding anything to alleviate these
>dibilitating symptoms. Her life is and has been that of an invalid for
>the past 2 years. I am writing for several reasons: Can severe PMS
>mimic symptoms of a phsycological disorder of this magnitude? What, if
>any is the recommended treatment? The GYN has suggested a treatment that
>I would like to know if anyone has heard of and if so, could this be
>effective? The treatment is that he will inject her with Lupron for a
>period of 3 months to stop her periods thus putting her into a
>premenopausal state, during which time she will be monitored to see
>whether this produces any change in her symptoms. After which, if it's
>noted that her moods do in fact stabilize and her weight increases(she
>is down to 92 lbs at 5ft2,her normal weight is approx, 120lbs) he will
>then suggest a hysterectomy to put her into a permanent state of
>menapause and HRT will be given to provide her a balanced hormone state.
>I have never heard of this treatment but in theory it does sound
>plausable. The physchiatrist has "taken back" the bipolar diagnosis.
>Unfortunately this doctor can't "take back" the mega amounts of drugs
>that has been prescribed-one right after the other that I fear may have
>caused permanent damage to my sister-in-laws' heart, among other things.
>I apologize for the length of this posting but I am just so glad to have
>finally found this site so that I may be able to help someone I love and
>get some answers for myself as well. I would appreciate any responses
>any of you may have. *T*

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