Bipolar? When You Should Be Afraid of Someone With It
Published: Mon, 06/29/09
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope you're having a good
day.
I'm real busy in meetings today,
but I wanted to make sure I
got out this email to you, because
I felt the subject was so important.
I got a post about a topic I want
to discuss today.
It said:
"Before I was on meds, I scared
my family half to death. They
never knew which direction I
was coming from. You web
site is informative. I like actually
getting information from someone
who knows the disorder. People
don't understand it until they have
to deal with it, and it takes a while
for them to "get" it. You are helping
more people than you know."
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No, it's not the compliment part,
although it is nice to get positive
feedback, because it helps me to
remember why I am doing this.
It helps me to keep going, to
know that I am helping people
like you.
But what concerns me is the part
where this person says, "Before
I was on meds, I scared my family
half to death."
The emphasis should be on,
"Before I was on meds..."
Because this is when you should
be the most afraid of your loved
one.
That's why I stress the importance
of medication in my courses/systems
so much.
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Without your loved one being
on medication (and the right
medication at the right dosage),
there is no telling what they'll do.
You might be afraid of what
they'll do to themselves.
You might be afraid of what
they'll do to others.
You might be afraid of what
they'll do to you.
You might be afraid of what
they'll do to the children.
You might be afraid of their
behavior in general.
You might be afraid they will
just get so out of control that
you won't know what to do.
You might be afraid of what
will happen if they get out of
control.
You might be afraid of what
will happen if you have to put
them in the hospital.
You might be afraid of what
will happen if you lose all your
money because of one of their
manic episodes.
These are a lot of things to be
afraid of, aren't they?
And there are even more!
It's no wonder this person says,
"Before I was on meds, I scared
my family half to death."
The problem is the unpredictability
of it all.
Without your loved one being
on medication, there is NO telling
what they will do...
No telling what they are capable
of doing during a bipolar episode
(which is what will happen without
medication).
That's why it's so important to get
your loved one on the medication
they need.
This person also goes on to say:
"They never knew which direction
I was coming from."
That's because without proper treatment,
even the person with bipolar disorder
does not know which direction they
are coming from.
They may get paranoid, have delusions
(false beliefs), have hallucinations
(seeing or hearing things that aren't
there), or even get violent or abusive.
The only way to really help your
loved one is to make sure they are
on medication and that they get the
proper treatment that they need.
What about you?
Have you ever been in the situation
that this person describes, where
your loved one really scared you?
What did you do?
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Catch you tomorrow.
Your Friend,
Dave
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