Mum diagnosed with condition 'she had since childhood' at routine GP appointment
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum-of-two who was diagnosed with bipolar after a scheduled visit to her GP “thought she was going crazy”. Sarah O’Rourke, was sitting in her local health surgery when she told her doctor that she had to go home and unplug all the wires in her house, as she strongly believed someone was taking pictures of her.
Sarah revealed that in the months and weeks before her appointment she felt increasingly delusional. She suffered from thoughts about becoming a victim of revenge porn as she suspected her house had been bugged with cameras.
Her thoughts spiralled so much it caused her to unplug and take apart every electrical device in her house as she was scared someone was going to upload an indecent video of her to Netflix.On another occasion, Sarah, from Wythenshawe phoned her dad and told him to go into her loft as she was convinced she could hear people talking.She also phoned the police on several occasions as she thought she could hear people whispering at the side of her house. “I knew they thought I was crazy,” she told Manchester Evening News.Sarah was referred to a psychiatrist and social worker and was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder three years ago.Now aged 39, she has set up a blog named ‘Sarah O’Rourke Bipolar and Me,’ and hopes to challenge some of the stigma surrounding the condition.“I always felt different but this became more apparent when I was around eight-years-old,” Sarah said.“I found building relationships difficult because I could see and feel that people were different to me.“But as I got a little older I excused this by acknowledging my parents had separated and this may have something to do with why I felt the way I did.“I was overwhelmed with sadness and loneliness and thinking
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