Creating bipolar mental patients

Scenario: Joe is good at his job in sales. But the work is fast-paced and stressful. Often he is up late or getting up early to "get ahead" at work. He is missing meals and is sleep deprived. Joe suddenly feels terrible, slow, lethargic, not feeling able to work. He goes to the doctor for advice. The doctor suggests he is depressed and prescribes an antidepressant. Joe thinks "that makes sense" and dutifully takes the drug. He starts to feel better and becomes more productive at work.

Joe has been taking the antidepressant for 18 months now. Suddenly Joe goes through emotional crisis at work. The stress just becomes too much and he virtually breaks down. It is recommended he check himself into a hospital. While in the psyche ward, a psychiatrist diagnoses him with bipolar. They prescribe meds accordingly. Joe is released and returns to work on a five drug cocktail. Over the next 18 months Joe is hospitalized 6 times for "episodes." Proving his diagnoses.


Epilogue: So in the space of 3 years, Joe went from feeling low in energy to multiple hospitalizations for mental illness and purported bipolar. This is happening all too frequently. We need to question what is going on here.

I copy-catted this from youtube comments on a video, This is a bit like my story. This IS whats happening to alot of people.

It goes like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnJ4H8JLmM

Yea, I have seen this type of thing many, many times. You overburden somones life with stress until they are at the breaking point and cant cope anymore, then when they finally fail, diagnose them with a disease, and a "chemical imbalance" Making them feel like S%¤#T because there is somthing wrong with them. Now they have the stigma of a mental disease, their stress is their fault for being "sick" and they are compelled to view their world through the lens of a disorder.

Good times, man. Good times.