Re: Jane ey's Mental Illness

[Guest guest]

I cannot even begin to express how this new revelation has upset me. Beyond the fact that BP is now the mental illness du jour, it's that they've convinced her she was always BP and just didn't know it, and that her little foray with steroids just brought it to the fore. And I guess she's buying that b.s. After my psychotic reaction to paxil, they tried to slap that BP crap on me too. The more I lobbied for why I WASN'T BP, citing my many and varied accomplishments (record/video producer, art gallery owner, personal manager to musical acts, bread designer, pastry chef, restaurateur) the more the quack tried to convince me that all of these things were in FACT a sign that I WAS bi-polar. When I told her that I worked 80 hours a week on tight budgets and deadlines (producing a video can cost upwards of $10,000 an hour!) I was told that THIS was a sign of BP. Her rationale was that I had switched careers too many times, done too many projects, and THAT was a sign of BP. That would be like saying Spielberg is BP because he didn't work on Shindler's List or ET for his ENTIRE LIFE!!!! Producers, which I was, go from project to project because when the movie is done, the record is out, the video is on MTV, the book is published, you have to find another project to work on. Only a highly organized, methodical, focused person can be a producer. I had a crew of 25 men that I supervised. Everybody loved working with me because I was efficient, professional, and absolutely LOVED WHAT I DID!!! And I was PROUD of what I did. Then here comes some dumbass doctor with no knowledge of how production works, telling ME that I am mentally ill because I could do those things. It only got worse from there. When I said I rode my bike 100 miles a week, 25 miles at a clip, on the beach in California, that, too was a sign of BP. What about Lance Armstrong??? Is HE bi-polar???? Prior to taking Paxil I had never had a manic or depressive episode in MY life. And now I was being told I was incurably mentally ill because I was a highly motivated, accomplished person. And with Jane ey, she said the defining moment was when she decided to start a clothing line, and the doctors convinced her that this was a clue that she was BP. HUH?????? What about that makes her bi-polar?? She's a perfect person to start a clothing line, but nooooooo, now it's a sign that she's mentally ill. of all the horrible things that happened to me while I was taking Paxil and withdrawing from it, the worst is this stigma that they planted in my mind. Now I feel ashamed of all the things I did, all the records I produced, the videos I made, the projects I designed, the books I wrote, the restaurants I opened (which won awards) because lurking in the back of my mind is the thought that I only accomplished those things because I was mentally ill!!! I also told the doc that I had never stayed up 24 hours, never went on a spending spree (except when I could afford it), never did wild and outlandish things that would land me in jail, etc. but it did no good. She insisted I was bi-polar and that was that!!!! WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US??? Isn't this a form of brain washing? Wouold this same quack sit in front of Trump and tell HIM that HE was bi-polar because he opened too many casinos, built too many skyscrapers, had too many girlfriends??? Now we have another celebrity spokesperson for bi-polar illness -- one who now claims that Lithium saved her life. Where and when does it end?? Or is the very goal of all this mental health crap to degrade and destroy people like me and the Jane eys of the world -- the people who embrace life, who lived charmed lives, who can do many things and do them well, not just be a rat in a cage with no ideas of their own. How slippery is this slope? Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I've not had a good week thinking about all of this.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Glitter,

Come on now your smarter than that you know better. Wait till she gets ill from the drug she will be looking US up.They are using her to brain wash people because she has been brainwashed.I heard a bit of it from the kitchen when i was washing up and didn't even bother to listen to the rest i will not let these assholes wind me any further.It's bad enough with tv ads.That was just another tv ad.Don't let them make you feel any worse than you already do you keep on being proud of what you have done i am proud of you for what you have done wish i had done something with my life to be proud of.

Hugs Ros

[Guest guest]

Hey, Ros, thanks for your support. I know it's stupid to feel this way, and before Paxil I could micromanage a second and now somedays I can hardly get out of the house, so I feel like all those things I did before were simply a product of my newly dx'd mania! LOL I'm sure it was their intent to make me feel this way and that's what upsets me.

"Blind Reason"

a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. It's

Unsafe At Any Dose

[Guest guest]

Re: Jane ey's Mental Illness

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Wouold this same quack sit in front of Trump and tell HIM that HE was bi-polar because he opened too many casinos, built too many skyscrapers, had too many girlfriends??? Now we have another celebrity spokesperson for bi-polar illness -- one who now claims that Lithium saved her life. Where and when does it end?? Or is the very goal of all this mental health crap to degrade and destroy people like me and the Jane eys of the world -- the people who embrace life, who lived charmed lives, who can do many things and do them well, not just be a rat in a cage with no ideas of their own. How slippery is this slope? Grrrrrrrrrrrr. I've not had a good week thinking about all of this.

That's quite a story. Makes me think that Psychiatrists have to be this way or what is the point of their existance? I'm glad I never went to one. Have you thought of writing Jane and giving her your story? Maybe she might be interested to read all the information available. I know I was. I wish I had known sooner.

Liz KS