Dx of Bipolar

[nurse_girlie]

Fudge y'all. My mother has been in a panic about my diagnosis of bipolar (from age 14) coming up in this evaluation I'm gonna be facing. I sent the board a front cover of a medical record (which was the voluntary detox just past 5 yrs ago, because it was the only medical tx I had ever received and this was when I was naively trying to be transparent with the board). In the actual full record (which I guess they will be obtaining) it says there is a "history" of bipolar. Now, today...as a grown woman...a grown, sober* woman...i don't believe that I am bipolar. I glanced over the symptoms and no, none apply (and have not for many years). My mom's fear is that they are going to force me into therapy or meds. Again...I'll say that would be just about criminal. In all seriousness though...how might this affect the direction of this nightmare I'm fixing to be living? Thanks in advance.

[catsmeow1972, BSN, RN]

When I got away from the clutches of the money sucking babysitter masquerading as a rehab that did me more damage than good, I found my own therapist and psych doc. There was absolutely zero assistance from the program or that ****hole on that matter. Why would there be? That would have involved caring about something besides how much money they could get me to give them.