It was always beyond me how certain groups are so open to the idea of working against the idea of depression and other mental disorders, even autism.  They somehow believe that if they ignore them, they will simply go away, even at the expense of people they love and people around them.  Most recently, some have blamed it on “toxins” or otherwise impurities in the body.  To some degree, this can apply.  There are certainly people who become tired, depressed, lethargic, etc after years of toxic buildup developing.  It’s not particularly unusual.  But just detoxifying the body isn’t likely to solve every problem.  Especially in the case of bipolar disorder which can swing between severe depression and severe manic states, it is to some degree measurable, and by that I mean chemicals, not toxins.  Depressed patients are far more likely than bipolar patients to seek help, unless of course a bipolar patient mostly experiences depression, and bipolar disorder is more often misdiagnosed because obviously they only go in when they are depressed.  But honestly, recognition is a big part of it.  After all, you can imagine if you had cancer for example and everybody just insisted you should tough it out because it doesn’t exist how frustrating that might be, how depressing that might be as if that kind of battle isn’t already frustrating and depressing, etc.