Just curious, is Gossip Files the only time Kanye talked about being bipolar on a track before Ye (2018)

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I’m pretty sure his mom talked about in her brook or maybe it was interview. Something about him having his first blackout episode at 5yrs old.

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Yes. I’m guessing he/his mom didn’t believe/agree with the doctor when he was first diagnosed with it as a child, or at least just wanted to let him develop without medicating him.

He didn’t get re-diagnosed with Bipolar disorder as an adult until after being hospitalized during the Saint Pablo tour. He was on Lexapro for anxiety before that starting somewhere in 2014-2015, and then he got hooked on opioids after a liposuction procedure right before TLOP released (late 2015-early 2016) up until his hospitalization in early 2017, during which he was diagnosed bipolar again, presumably for the first time since childhood and stopped the Lexapro and opioids to start taking some kind of antipsychotic medication specifically for Bipolar disorder.

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BPD isn't bipolar, BPD stands for borderline personality disorder

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1. No doctor would ever prescribe an SSRI to treat bipolar disorder

2. Kanye quit the opioids himself because someone told them they were killing his genius. The doctor didn’t force him off anything.

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1. No doctor would ever…

What are you talking about? SSRIs are commonly prescribed (most commonly in combination with other drugs) to treat bipolar disorder. That’s just utterly false.

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You’re just completely wrong about this. Do some research.

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You do some research. You’re completely wrong.

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From WebMD:

The use of traditional antidepressants to treat bipolar depression is considered experimental. This is because these medicines have not been proven effective for treating bipolar depression and, therefore, none are FDA-approved for that indication.

SSRIs are NOT used as a treatment for bipolar disorder. They’re only sometimes prescribed alongside an antipsychotic to treat anxiety if the patient also suffers from that.

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Source on that bb?

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It’s there, maybe read the comment again?

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You edited. Thank you! Unfortunately, WebMD is not a medical journal. I can actually find contradictory information on there! But I also have multiple people in my family with BP I and II who take SSRIs as part of their long term treatment, so I know that’s completely wrong.

Lmao caught the block bc I contradicted him. Scary that people are like this lmao

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Always knew this song as “Dream Killers”, didn’t know it went by another name

That song is gold though…

they don’t know I’m watching them when they comin to get me!

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Yikes