| Slip lithium in her food
Posted: 10/19/2005 6:54:57 PM | | Not a great spot for a joke Mr. Banker from Irvine. Really serious stuff we're talking about here. Please take your sarcasm elsewhere. Why not put a little Dead on and chill out for a while, THINK, and return with more empathy for people's situations. Thanks. | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 10/20/2005 7:35:26 AM | Sorry, I didn't explain the relevance of the two websites I mentioned earlier. I will try to do it briefly.
http://www.dbsalliance.org – This is the place for people who want to take responsibility for their disease and want to get help, also for their loved ones.
http://www.bipolarhappens.com – This is a website by a woman with bipolar I who also understands bipolar II very well. She can not take the meds that are on the market to date because for her the side affects are worse than the disease itself. She encourages people to take their meds and has steps to take for them and their loved ones in the case of an attack of mania.
These are only a sampling of the resources offered at these websites. I recommend any who suffers from bipolar and their loved ones to look her in your research. These are my main tools in fighting the “Hulk” that lives inside of me.
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 10/20/2005 9:52:33 AM | back in 2000 i was goin thru tha change of life cause of a earlier hysterectomy...(i had overian an cervical cancer when i was 28) an i was havin flashback memories of bein raped an left for dead....livin with an alcoholic...you name it, but my plate was more than full at tha time...anyway, i just decided i had enough...an i put a 22 hollow point in my belly ......boy howdie but thas bout tha dumbest thing i ever did...........an mebbe tha smartest too...cause what didnt kill me made me stronger.........an got me on tha path where i could find tha tools i needed to deal with bein bi-polar ...an manic depressive...
technically i did die...i was d.o.a an on life support at first...i didnt wake up for 3 weeks an "died" two more times before i got better.........but i did...live, that is....an thats when i was diagnosed as bi-polar...that sound sooo scary...but all it really means is that both sides of yer brain can work at tha same time an that causes alotta confusion...i spent 4 years in therapy...i still go when i feel like i need to..an i spent 2 years on meds...now, i dont reckon tha Good Lord woulda gave me a brain i couldnt use...so i started figgerin out how to work mine effectively.........i had to learn to relax, to like myself, i had to learn how to spot triggers, and recognize behavior patterns, an most of all...how to ask for help when i needed it...an i am still a learnin....its an ongoin thang...but then, most other folks are like that too...learnin as they go...
yer mom sounds kinda like patty duke austins book reads...she really dont seem to understant tha concept of consequences....my heart goes out to you...i thank God fer makin my heart big enuff to handle my situation with out bein afraid of it....i fish alot...thas one of tha ways i slow my thoughts down enough to keep from gettin confused...........try it..take yer mom fishin...it cant hurt...an moms make good fishin buddies...
an heres another thought.....ya ever seen anybody scream an shout in a bad way when they are holdin a fishin pole.................... | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 3/29/2008 5:08:33 AM | Order this stuff online. WWW.EQUILIB.US It has a huge success rate to manage bipolar. Speak to the people on the phone about it first. Many doctors approve of it, even if it is natural. It works. You have to have a doctor help wean your mother off pharmaceuticals slowly while increasing the dosage of this stuff. It is all natural, with no side effects.
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 3/29/2008 10:46:11 PM | OP you've done so much already, what a courageous woman you are. 23 your life is yours now. Your mum sounds like she has needed full time institutional care for quite some time - you have done your part, it is time to step back, for both of you.
I hope you and your sister are getting some support. It sounds like your sister has found an incredibly strong and caring man, hopefully you will too. God Bless. | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 3/29/2008 11:05:19 PM | | Sorry you are having so much trouble but there are injectable long acting medications that are given only about every two weeks which are extremely helpful for those who are non adherent to treatment. Risperdal consta is a wonderful med and can and does help. I have been a psych nurse for 20 yrs. and have seen it many times and is used in conjunction with other meds very well.there must be a law for emergency involuntary admission to a psych ward. a family member cannot but a professional can assess the need and do this i'll bet. | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 3/30/2008 8:56:50 AM | | You have to have her Baker Acted. You call the police and tell them she's been threating suicide, that you think she is off her meds. As far as the boyfriend goes, this is the deal kiddo. You cannot choose your family, they are who they are. Your mother gave birth to you and your sister. She did not choose to be ill, blood is blood. Family comes first over boyfriends. I think you are just overwhelmed and burned out. Hospitalize her as soon as you can, and you also need some counselling. | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 3/30/2008 9:06:45 AM | | and i agree, "slip lithium in her food?" you are a ****ing**** and have no ****ing clue how detrimental a bipolar mother can be. rot in hell ****er. | |
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| Mother is Bipolar...What do I do?
Posted: 4/19/2009 2:37:27 AM | Another old thread but I had to comment on this.
Slip lithium in her food.
It would be impossible to do. First she may bite the capsule and she would instantly know it's there. You cannot open the capsule and mix it with her food either. Lithium tastes so horrible that only a person with no sense of taste wouldn't notice it's presence. | |
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