User Reviews

The way meds are handled in this episode is so inaccurate it's bizarre... First of all, you can't get any kind of high whatsoever from lithium, so no one has ever engaged in 'med-seeking' behavior to get it (as Brooke seems to be concerned Eladio is). The meds people sometimes scheme to get illegitimately are opiates, or stimulants like adderall, or benzos like klonipin or ativan. The problem with lithium, on the other hand, is is typically exactly the opposite: patients often *don't* want to take it because people with bipolar disorder can be reluctant to lose the high of being manic, which lithium takes away when it's working well. So for a therapist in Brooke's position to knowingly cause any delay or or put any obstacle in the way of her bipolar patient who is asking for a potentially life-saving medication - as opposed to praising him for his insight and immediately making a psychiatric referral for him - would constitute wildly irresponsible behavior and outright malpractice.

Hard to follow something that is so exaggerated, was able to keep watching until this episode - but this one broke my patience.