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How do you best handle living with someone with bipolar disorder? |
How do you best handle living with someone with bipolar disorder? I am bipolar and all of us can be hard to live with if we are not receiving proper treatment. It is not our intent to be difficult. A chemical imbalance in our brains causes us to react differently to situations than a normally functioning person does. We have sudden and unexpected mood changes. Anger out bursts are common. But still it is no excuse, we are still responsible for our behavior. The web site links I am providing below are very good. Please check them out. They can provide you with skills on coping with a loved one or helping them to cope and seek treatment. I hope I have helped. I wish you both good luck. If you wish to ask me more or just need to talk contact me at tls3123283@yahoo.com Sincerely, Terry Source(s): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar... WebMD http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_condit... Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) http://www.dbsalliance.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) http://www.nami.org/ Well it depends on the serverity. I would suggest just going with the flow, when they're sad comfort them, when they're angry leave them alone...Do what you would normally do with any other person going through that emotion! i have no idea. i have the same problem(bipolar) dont stress out the person!! Patience & Prozac (for you!) ... Seriously, it's important to keep a sense of humor~ Do what you reasonably can, be compassionate but never allow/ enable the person to bring you down. They need you to be strong...which you can be ,with prayer... I had a mother who was mentally ill and it was pretty hard. I think you have to try and do as much research as you can to understand what behaviours are them and what is the illness. Try and remember that they are people still and try not to treat them like a crazy person. That said, don't let your life be ruled be there illness either. If you can't handle then don't go crazy with them. Hopefully you can encourage them to seek and continue professional psychological help. Be supportive. Don't hesitate to call 911 if you feel the person is suicidal or if you are in danger. Never put yourself in harms way. If it's putting to much stress on you, seek help for yourself. If worse comes to worse move out. |
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