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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 128794" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>more semi realted observations</p><p></p><p>when I use my scooter, people in public try to talk to my husband instead of me as in "ask your wife..." Um, hello, I am on a scooter becuz my legs do not work, my ears and mouth work fine. </p><p></p><p>when my son was fresh post eye surgery and his eyes were covered- people would talk to him VERY LOUD. to which he replied, hey, my EARS work great but your screaming is rattling my poor eyes!</p><p></p><p>when my rheumy took my history and I said I was bipolar, he said- you do not LOOK bipolar (hmm, what does bipolar LOOK like?) THen he went on to Rx a medication known to cause mania, and I said hmmmm.that makes me nervous, and he said well lets pretend you do not have bipolar. Uh yeah, OK, what a good idea. </p><p></p><p>when we told ER dtr is bipolar, and has severe panic attacks, they said the same- she does not LOOK bipolar. Did you ever try to tell her to not freak out? Hmm, I guess that never occured to us? </p><p></p><p>The Special Education person at our school often would tell us "there is a pill for that, ya know"? Yeesh. </p><p></p><p>The world is used to there being a pill for everything and a quick fix and cure. Instant results for things. Many people just cannot grasp the idea that maybe the pill for this did not work? Many people do not seem to understand there is not a pill for everything. </p><p></p><p>when people hear Buffy is bipolar, they begin to look at her strange, as if they expect her to sponateously combust or something. Few people hang around to find out who SHE is, aside from bipolar. It is like they never stop to think she is a human being first, who happens to HAVE bipolar. To them, I guess she is not human, but only A Bipolar or something? And rather than bother to try to learn what it means, they simply leave a wide berth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 128794, member: 1697"] more semi realted observations when I use my scooter, people in public try to talk to my husband instead of me as in "ask your wife..." Um, hello, I am on a scooter becuz my legs do not work, my ears and mouth work fine. when my son was fresh post eye surgery and his eyes were covered- people would talk to him VERY LOUD. to which he replied, hey, my EARS work great but your screaming is rattling my poor eyes! when my rheumy took my history and I said I was bipolar, he said- you do not LOOK bipolar (hmm, what does bipolar LOOK like?) THen he went on to Rx a medication known to cause mania, and I said hmmmm.that makes me nervous, and he said well lets pretend you do not have bipolar. Uh yeah, OK, what a good idea. when we told ER dtr is bipolar, and has severe panic attacks, they said the same- she does not LOOK bipolar. Did you ever try to tell her to not freak out? Hmm, I guess that never occured to us? The Special Education person at our school often would tell us "there is a pill for that, ya know"? Yeesh. The world is used to there being a pill for everything and a quick fix and cure. Instant results for things. Many people just cannot grasp the idea that maybe the pill for this did not work? Many people do not seem to understand there is not a pill for everything. when people hear Buffy is bipolar, they begin to look at her strange, as if they expect her to sponateously combust or something. Few people hang around to find out who SHE is, aside from bipolar. It is like they never stop to think she is a human being first, who happens to HAVE bipolar. To them, I guess she is not human, but only A Bipolar or something? And rather than bother to try to learn what it means, they simply leave a wide berth. [/QUOTE]
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