Bipolar Disorder

One of my grandson's is bi-polar. When he's doing alright, he's charming and so intelligent but when he's off his meds, he really goes off the deep end. He's gone to a in house program a couple of times but each time was only two weeks. Not long enough. He's grown and we can't force him to be institutionalized for longer treatment.
 
ndynt said:
My son-in-law is bi-polar. Brilliant academically and technically. But, irrational. His meds make him drowsy. I do not know how my daughter has dealt with him for 28 years. He is a "crazy maker", even medicated. A control freak...never wrong...always trying to force others to follow his manic ideations. Right now it is about his daughter getting married. Trying to force us to take sides. His irrational thinking is very hard to deal with.
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My ex daughter in law ias bipolar as well as abandonment issues after 4 yrs they divorced. I have 2 grandchi7 12 and 9 and hoping they will be ok..my son keeps a good eye on the kids because she can be high as nigh can be but when she drops she is horrible. She has text me so many times bitching about my son. She can b sweet as gold to him the boom the. Ike drops and its over. I have b,locked her from my phone I have nothing to do with her
 

My mother was bipolar. I learned to be her caregiver through her downward swings and was the family cook and housekeeper in the deepest phases of her depression which occurred four times a year. Her manic phases were easier to manage.
She never received any professional treatment and eventually the severe moodswings became milder in her mid eighties. She died at 94 almost one year ago. She died disappointed and unhappy with her life.
 
There are several different types of bipolar disorder. Some people can chart their episodes on a calendar, they're that predictable. Others are "rapid cyclers" and don't know from one minute to the next how they're going to feel. Some get very hypermanic and might even hallucinate, while others get hypomanic (no psychosis). It really needs to be diagnosed by an expert. I fortunately do not have it, but I've known a few people who do, and they are the only ones capable of understanding the disorder. You really have to be there.
 
Shalimar said:
I can't imagine living with a person with BPD who refused to take their meds. Soon I would be crazy also. One of my best friends has severe BPD 2. He takes his meds, but it is still challenging to be around him at times.
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They often go off the medication because it really flattens their mood. They miss their "up" state. Yes, they're challenging to be around.
 
This was told to me by our Purser after we landed. We had left New York and flying down to Miami. We were in the air for about 45 minutes when a young girl about 20 years of age jumped out of her seat and began running up and down the aisles yelling, “We’re all going to die.”

Unknown to me, we had an Air Marshall onboard and he was able to get control of her and put his cuffs on her. He sat with her the rest of the way to Miami. Her mother told the AM that she suffered from severe Bi-polar disease and Tourette’s Syndrome.

What a terrible pair of diseases to have to live with. I asked the AM for her name and address for my report. I felt so bad for her that I contacted United and asked if they would send her two vouchers for free flights. They actually approved the request, which I thought that because of her behavior, they would deny it. (I’m still shaking my head.)
 
Robert59 said:
My girl friend got a call from a person she owed money to and they said if she doesn't pay they will take her to court which freaked her out. Now all she thinks about is going to jail and then starts going on about dying and needs to die before going too jail.
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Why would she think that she is going to jail for non payment? There are no debtor’s prisons, unless she committed fraud.
 
SifuPhil said:
What's even scarier is when these labels are stuck on children who are only guilty of being children.
Ever wonder why the old term "manic/depressive" was changed to "bipolar disorder"?

"Not sure, let me check the DSM, we have to come up with something to hospitalize him or get payment for therapy, insurance payments must have a diagnosis."
"Yea, well, I think he's just screwed up and will grow out of it."
"Nope, we have to have a diagnosis from DSM."
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Doomp said:
There are several different types of bipolar disorder. Some people can chart their episodes on a calendar, they're that predictable. Others are "rapid cyclers" and don't know from one minute to the next how they're going to feel. Some get very hypermanic and might even hallucinate, while others get hypomanic (no psychosis). It really needs to be diagnosed by an expert. I fortunately do not have it, but I've known a few people who do, and they are the only ones capable of understanding the disorder. You really have to be there.
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Hypomania can manifest in Type II Bipolar as anxiety only. The hypomania anxiety state along with the depression "down" times--which can be severe in Type II--makes it look as though the person is depressed only (unipolar depression). If this isn't accurately diagnosed, and the person is treated with standard antidepressants, the drugs either won't work or will only work for a short time.
 
AnnieA said:
Hypomania can manifest in Type II Bipolar as anxiety only. The hypomania anxiety state along with the depression "down" times--which can be severe in Type II--makes it look as though the person is depressed only (unipolar depression). If this isn't accurately diagnosed, and the person is treated with standard antidepressants, the drugs either won't work or will only work for a short time.
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I've heard that people with BPD can be both depressed and manic at the same time.
 
Doomp said:
I've heard that people with BPD can be both depressed and manic at the same time.
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They can. And that's much harder to detect in Bipolar II since they never have the full-blown mania of classic Bipolar I.

Take away is that if you know someone who experiences prolonged bouts of non-situational depression and doesn't respond for long or at all to standard antidepressants, suggest they read up on and talk to their doctor about Bipolar II.
 
oldman said:
This was told to me by our Purser after we landed. We had left New York and flying down to Miami. We were in the air for about 45 minutes when a young girl about 20 years of age jumped out of her seat and began running up and down the aisles yelling, “We’re all going to die.”

Unknown to me, we had an Air Marshall onboard and he was able to get control of her and put his cuffs on her. He sat with her the rest of the way to Miami. Her mother told the AM that she suffered from severe Bi-polar disease and Tourette’s Syndrome.

What a terrible pair of diseases to have to live with. I asked the AM for her name and address for my report. I felt so bad for her that I contacted United and asked if they would send her two vouchers for free flights. They actually approved the request, which I thought that because of her behavior, they would deny it. (I’m still shaking my head.)
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Sorry, I'm missing something, here. Why on Earth would you want this woman to have free flights, so she could inflict herself on even more passengers? That makes zero sense, to me. You're still shaking your head at something YOU brought about? Surely you're joking, right?
 
treeguy64 said:
Sorry, I'm missing something, here. Why on Earth would you want this woman to have free flights, so she could inflict herself on even more passengers? That makes zero sense, to me. You're still shaking your head at something YOU brought about? Surely you're joking, right?
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Yes, I was trying to show how absurd some things can be. I never thought my company would have approved a stupid request like that.
 
Interesting, I did not expect to find this subject posted when I joined but I am grateful now.
My entire family, all the females, are very clearly bipolar and I have confirmed this by speaking to a couple of them and they filled me in. It became nearly impossible to be a friend with them, deal with radical emotional episodes and being rejected for no reason I could grasp, so many emotional roller coaster episodes, so I found a group of what I guess are well adjusted (normal) people. My mother was bipolar I am certain. I loved her so. She suffered but doctors did not know enough about this disorder back then. My own daughter is bipolar and although I know she loves me, due to recent situations where she is living, she has stopped communication. She has retreated into herself. I have a therapist who has helped me through this. She will come around in time. I have learned to let go. I have learned how to be supportive for her. I do not question or try to instruct her. This has been of great help to the both of us. One thing that I have learned that is so very important is:

You do not need to completely understand a person to love them with all your heart.
 
Today she is real manic in the positive side. Takes medicine which is the best so far for her. Now she loves people and in the past she had no interest in people at all. I call her the Energizer Bunny because of her high manic. She has type one Bipolar. I just wonder if her sister has this also? She drives a car like a bat out of hell. She blows up real easy over nothing. She will not go to a mental doctor to see if she is.

Their mother was not bipolar but their father was.
 
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Caution your children and grandchildren to check out their intended spouse's
parent's and grandparents for emotional problems.
The genetic link lingers, perhaps skipping one generation then returning...
You marry a 'crazy,' your marriage will be chaotic-at best

Unfortunately, advice given to a young person, 'in love,' will be ignored.
 

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