Okay furball was extreme, they aren't that bad. But bipolar people do have a serious medical condition that is a life long diagnoses. And while he thinks it is better off the meds it really isn't. He can harm himself and others depending on how depressed or manic he gets at any given time. But usually bipolar people do like the high of their feelings when they are up It however does have the crash, you need to explain that the crashes aren't worth the high moments. That he is risking too much by being off his meds, like losing people he cares about cause they don't want to be around him, life oppurtunities with jobs and he can have problems with the police depending on what he does on either a high or low. Sometimes the high can be like being on angel dust and everything is so detailed and beautiful that they don't notice what they are doing, they could walk into traffic just staring at a cloud in the sky. Or on a low they can try and hurt themselves and hurt others in the process. It's just to dangerous for himself and others.
my cousin was disagnosed with this when she was about 15-16 years old. what i don't understand is she was one of the most popular girls in school, had a boyfriend, etc.. everything seemed beautiful. and yet, she told me that she has felt like killing herself. i'd never witnessed these episodes.. more and more i'm beginning to think--with her fairly sound family history, good background--it was the psychiatrists who pushed something on her that wasn't right.
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Okay furball was extreme, they aren't that bad. But bipolar people do have a serious medical condition that is a life long diagnoses. And while he thinks it is better off the meds it really isn't. He can harm himself and others depending on how depressed or manic he gets at any given time. But usually bipolar people do like the high of their feelings when they are up It however does have the crash, you need to explain that the crashes aren't worth the high moments. That he is risking too much by being off his meds, like losing people he cares about cause they don't want to be around him, life oppurtunities with jobs and he can have problems with the police depending on what he does on either a high or low. Sometimes the high can be like being on angel dust and everything is so detailed and beautiful that they don't notice what they are doing, they could walk into traffic just staring at a cloud in the sky. Or on a low they can try and hurt themselves and hurt others in the process. It's just to dangerous for himself and others.
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my cousin was disagnosed with this when she was about 15-16 years old. what i don't understand is she was one of the most popular girls in school, had a boyfriend, etc.. everything seemed beautiful. and yet, she told me that she has felt like killing herself. i'd never witnessed these episodes.. more and more i'm beginning to think--with her fairly sound family history, good background--it was the psychiatrists who pushed something on her that wasn't right.