hi all , we have to remember that bipolar disorder, along with
depression and all related disorders don't have to be debilitating
illnesses. with proper knowledge and information about our illness,
our daily wellness plan, our triggers, and how we start to maintain
control over our moods when we're reaching a crisis point, we can
look forward to freedom in our daily living. we cannot let ourselves
cling to the medical model, and see ourselves not in the clinical
sense, but for who we are. love, hell0kitty (rosemary)





--- In DoubleWinnersAndMore@yahoogroups.com, "Ed" <pocholo00@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Hey...Glad to see you posting; unfortunatelly I dont have any
figures
> on this loss of productivity. It sure would be interesting to know
how
> many dollars a year are lost in terms of productivity time as a
result
> of this illness, and then steer the healing practicians to aim
> at "curing" the aliments into a productive set of workers that
> contribute to the economic make up of our society, unfortunatelly
the
> model is still one of sickness and illness rather than a
rehabilitative
> one... What do you think?
>
>
> --- In DoubleWinnersAndMore@yahoogroups.com, "Bear" <gentlebear@>
> wrote:
> >
> > My understanding is that depressive illnesses take a HUGE toll on
> worker lost productivity and even impact the economy.
> > Does anyone have any up-to-date numbers on this? How many
billions
> of dollars per year in lost productivity?
> > Steve
> >
>