The mental health industry is corrupt. What you are diagnosed with depends on who your doctor is. That claim means nothing to me. A druggie will appear exactly like a bipolar person. The mom may or may not have had a mental health problem. This young lady has a drug problem, I would guess. In this case it is an educated guess. All of this sounds oh so familiar to me.
If drugs, they already know if the tox is back. Should at least have a partial blood report.
The problem with diagnosing “mental health” is there is no definite test, blood or otherwise. It is based on a consensus of opinions (where have we heard that term lately?).
And, you are right, the MH industry is corrupt, and politically driven as well.
“The mental health industry is corrupt. What you are diagnosed with depends on who your doctor is. That claim means nothing to me. A druggie will appear exactly like a bipolar person. The mom may or may not have had a mental health problem. This young lady has a drug problem, I would guess. In this case it is an educated guess. All of this sounds oh so familiar to me.”
Like it or not, there is a category called “dual diagnosis” which means addiction and mental illness.
Some mentally ill people try to self medicate. Of course the two conditions compound and wind up making matters far worse.
I know some clean/sober people like that. They have shared with me how difficult their lives have been. My sister never drank or used drugs whatsoever, but she has serious depression problems.
I have had three friends in AA, that committed suicide.