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What Should I Do For A Psychotic And Bipolar Patient?
my boyfriend is psychotic and bipolar. for several months he was good but not he is having a severe episode. He is really angry gets iritated VERY easily ,avoiding me , drinking too much and smoking more than ever. i really love him never ever considering leaving him as my friends tell me to do so i am just wanting to give him time to relax and overcome this episode. He is not on medications sth that i dont like much since i believe it would ease his pain but i suport him nevertheless. Is there anything more that i can do? should i try to talk to him more or just let time pass and relax him ?ty
Tue, 19 Apr 2011
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Plz help. My sister is suffering from bipolar disorder. Her conditions are very serious. Please advise me the proper treatment and the specialist of bipolar disorder. Near Delhi,Faridabad or Rohtak.My email id is freaknstyle@yahoo.in.
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Please HELP me out.
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Dr. Abhijeet Deshmukh,
MD,
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Hello.
This can be a tricky situation. It does look like your boyfriend definitely needs medication. However, if he is not willing to accept medication, you can persuade him to go for counseling or psychotherapy. There is, of course, no standard way of persuasion. You know the situation better than anyone else.
If untreated, this condition can lead to major problems in his family and social life. You should try to communicate with him, but not try any counseling. If you are not a trained counselor, any attempts at counseling might have unwanted effects. You should let him know that you are there if he wants to share things with anyone. And his behavior may improve over a few days, but if he is diagnosed to have a Bipolar Disorder, the episodes are more likely to recur without treatment.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards
Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD
This can be a tricky situation. It does look like your boyfriend definitely needs medication. However, if he is not willing to accept medication, you can persuade him to go for counseling or psychotherapy. There is, of course, no standard way of persuasion. You know the situation better than anyone else.
If untreated, this condition can lead to major problems in his family and social life. You should try to communicate with him, but not try any counseling. If you are not a trained counselor, any attempts at counseling might have unwanted effects. You should let him know that you are there if he wants to share things with anyone. And his behavior may improve over a few days, but if he is diagnosed to have a Bipolar Disorder, the episodes are more likely to recur without treatment.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards
Abhijeet Deshmukh, MD
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HI
My colleague is absolutely right.....the more episodes one has, the more severe and more easier to trigger they become...search for kindling in google along with bipolar disorder.
I would like to be blunt and say....if he does not take medication, he will NEVER be as good as he can be. All his potential will be lost.
And in psychotic phases he will not only be a risk to himself but also to others. BUT please understand that he is ultimately responsible for his actions, please don't blame yourself for this.
If you live in western world, he will probably end up being detained against his will, under the relevant mental health acts, if his condition and the risk is severe enough. I would say please don't blame yourself if that happens. That would probably be the best thing to happen to him.
Please try and find out why he is not willing to take medication. There are lot of things we can do to overcome problems like once a day dosing, once a month/fortnight injections without any tablets at all etc etc etc
YOU CAN NOT DO THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN. PLEASE INVOLVE THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, IF ANY, IN YOUR AREA.
GOODLUCK TO YOU BOTH
My colleague is absolutely right.....the more episodes one has, the more severe and more easier to trigger they become...search for kindling in google along with bipolar disorder.
I would like to be blunt and say....if he does not take medication, he will NEVER be as good as he can be. All his potential will be lost.
And in psychotic phases he will not only be a risk to himself but also to others. BUT please understand that he is ultimately responsible for his actions, please don't blame yourself for this.
If you live in western world, he will probably end up being detained against his will, under the relevant mental health acts, if his condition and the risk is severe enough. I would say please don't blame yourself if that happens. That would probably be the best thing to happen to him.
Please try and find out why he is not willing to take medication. There are lot of things we can do to overcome problems like once a day dosing, once a month/fortnight injections without any tablets at all etc etc etc
YOU CAN NOT DO THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN. PLEASE INVOLVE THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, IF ANY, IN YOUR AREA.
GOODLUCK TO YOU BOTH
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