When reading this piece, it&#x27;s important to keep in mind that psychiatry diagnoses symptoms, not causes.<p>&gt;  During my hospitalization, I was diagnosed with &quot;Bipolar Affective Disorder with Psychosis&quot;,<p>... which was caused by... ?<p>&gt; Bipolar Disorder is something I&#x27;ve had for a while (unknowingly), <i>and will have for the rest of my life.</i> (emphasis added)<p>If he hasn&#x27;t had the symptoms all his life, there are causes behind the label&#x27;s development. Some people get all the way through their life without becoming bipolar. Why is it that this particular human specimen developed these symptoms? The profession doesn&#x27;t care, because they can sort-of medicate the symptom away.<p>&gt; I now know how to manage it, with the proper blend of awareness, <i>medication,</i> and sleep. (emphasis added)<p>My girlfriend is tapering herself off her nuthouse-prescribed sedatives. If the professionals at the nuthouse had cared about causes, they would have looked deeper than their patient&#x27;s superficial symptoms. Maybe they take their own kool-aid.