Bipolar Friend?
Question:
My ? is if she knew other people with this disorder would talking with them help.She use to see a councelor but she never took the advice.I am asking will someone who understand what shes going through be able to help her. She is on meds-- Thanks
Answers:
Yes, group therapy for this disorder would help...being around others with the same problem. But you can't make her do anything she doesn't want to. SHE has to want to make things better and progress with help. All you can do is listen...if you have the patience, but you can never force anyone to better themselves, it HAS to come from within them first.
I would just drop kick her.
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Being Bipolar is an extremely difficult thing. However the best thing to do is get her a phyciatrist, and keep on the medication. Im sorry but thats the best I can do :L
Support groups (joining a group of other people who have similar issues) can help, but the motivation has to ultimately come from herself. Some people benefit more from them than others.
It would help tremendously if your friend could talk with others that deal with the same disorder because she would know that she is not alone in her struggles. There are many message boards on the Internet that deal with issues of Bipolar disorder and she can get much support and information and even make friends on these message boards. A support system is critical and one of the many positive aspects in terms of part of the treatment so I highly recommend it.
I have known several people with either bipolar or schizophrenia and the one thing I can say they all had in common was that they hated taking their meds. The antipsychotics usually prescribed (like lithium for bipolar) have several undesirable side effects. Unfortunately the only thing that usually controls the symptoms of the disorders is drugs. You need to try to convince your friend to visit a psychiatrist (an actual MD) regularly to monitor the medications and other issues. Make sure when you discuss this problem you address is as a disease - if your friend hd cancer would she see a doctor? Of course. SO why is a mental disorder any different. Society has a very odd bias against mental disease and there's a total stigma to having mental problems. But the brain is a part of the body just like everything else and if there's something wrong then you have to get it fixed. Good luck to you and your friend.
My advice to you is to be a friend: a stern one. Tell her this stuff has to stop. Put down the say and say "You're gonna stop now!" and put a stop to it. She'll hate you and not want to, but people who know they do wrong and won't stop need that push. You have to do what's best for her, which is get her to stop, to change. humans are the most adaptable species on the planet. Lay down the law! Don't be a crazy phycho-***** but be stern and assertive.
being bi polar
sucks so bad i am it along with a split personality
i go from crazy happy to i wanna kill my self state of mind and it happens randomly
and with the split personality doesn't help at all
If your friend is bipolar then talking to a psychiatrist is only a small part of the cure or if not a cure then stabilizing your friend. The main objective is for her to take special medication that will help her stay in the normal zone. There is a drug that pulls her out of the manic (hyper) mode and another drug that will keep her from getting depressed. However, there is a third drug (lithium carbonate) that keeps her in the middle between depression and manic. These drugs must be very carefully prescribed and monitored and your friend MUST stay on them otherwise she is wasting her time. The major problem is that when the patient begins to feel better and remains in the normal mode for a period of time, the patient stops taking the drugs and then off he/she goes into manic depression again only perhaps worse than previously. This is a very tough illness but with the help of a top notch doctor and strict adhesion to the rules your friend can maintain a reasonably healthy life.
have her check out this website:
www.justuscrazybipolars.com
Theres a link on the left side to the Yahoo!Group with same name. She could beneifit from it greatly! I know how life can be with bipolar. Wish her luck!
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