Post by Sam on Jun 25, 2016 17:02:47 GMT
Women are diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder at three times the rate of men. There is a massive e amount of evidence to suggest that women with PMDD are most commonly misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. Rapid cycling occurs when a person has four or more episodes of major depression, mania, hypomania, or mixed states, all within one year. A woman with PMDD will experience a minimum of two manic and/or depressive episodes in two months (or the equivalent of two menstrual cycles). The main indicator being whether or not these episodes occur on the days between ovulation and the onset of her period only.
If a woman does not track her menstrual cycle or is not advised to track her menstrual cycle, she is at an increased risk to be misdiagnosed and treated with heavy antipsychotic drugs that may have potential long-term risks.
I have experienced this myself, having been told to take quetiapine 4 years ago, I took them for a whole year and am only just out the other side. ( Quetiapine are anti-psychotics) these had a massively detrimental effect on my mental health, too many to count. I was actually crazy!!
~S
If a woman does not track her menstrual cycle or is not advised to track her menstrual cycle, she is at an increased risk to be misdiagnosed and treated with heavy antipsychotic drugs that may have potential long-term risks.
I have experienced this myself, having been told to take quetiapine 4 years ago, I took them for a whole year and am only just out the other side. ( Quetiapine are anti-psychotics) these had a massively detrimental effect on my mental health, too many to count. I was actually crazy!!
~S
but I never give up.