After the diagnosis of Bipolar Illness it is also required that appropriate medication be prescribed and maintained on a regular basis by each Member, and, a medical regime of blood tests and evaluations by this same type of physician performed approximately every three months. A General Physician is NOT considered appropriate for a host of reasons that originate in the systemic nature of bipolar illness itself. It necessitates full knowledge and training in areas of special physiological problems related to the illness as well as psychiatric pharmacology. Medication must be maintained in order to keep membership current. Listen up if this is what you're thinking.
Bipolar illness is systemic, genetic, lifelong and dangerous.
It's like a puzzle. Lose one part, and the rest won't fit.