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can anybody help me to understand what biplor disorder is like?!
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United States		 2007-06-05 14:59:14 
Hello everyone and anyone. My name is Alan. My wife suffers
from
bipolar disorder. She's been in bed now for going on two
weeks. I
make
sure that she gets her meds, but sometimes I wonder if she
is ever
coming back to me...

I usually write everything in a blog, but I thought I would
post here
to maybe get some actual feedback. Anyway, I don't know....
Maybe
someone can respond to me and help me understand better how
to help
her. She just seems so far away. Write me here or at my
blog, it's
http://bipolarkill
s.blogspot.com/.

I love her so much; she really is a beautiful person. I'll
never leave
her, but she needs something that I obviosly either do not
possess or
am unaware of. It's so lonely sometimes...

Please help me out


thanks...


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Re: can anybody help me to understand what biplor disorder is like?!
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United States		 2007-06-05 15:29:40 
Sounds like she might need hospitalization to adjust her
meds. If she's 
in bed that long, her meds are not right. Have you contacted
her 
doctor? If she is on Lithium, she needs to have that level
drawn ASAP. 
Might be waaaaay off. Just thinking like a nurse first. I
don't know, I 
don't think it solves anything to allow her to remain in
bed. She needs 
to get up and out of that or she might stay in her personal
prison 
forever. She's not out to punish YOU, but herself. It's not
YOU who is 
unworthy, it's HER in her mind.

My two cents worth. Take it or leave it.

Cynthia


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Re: can anybody help me to understand what biplor disorder is like?!
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 2007-06-06 08:10:57 

  


  

    Dear Alan,
   I am sorry you are going through what you are but at the same time I give you props for standing by your wife and trying to aid her. I am sure exactly where I stand as far as diagnosis, it has been a long hard battle for me and I have been seen by so many doctors and diagnosed a very wide range of conditions. 

   If your wife is in bed and she absolutely cannot be budged, this is with trying to get her interested in doing things she normally likes to do, then I would say yes...it might be time to put her in hospital for a short time. Medicines can be helpful but the reactions that people have are always different and not only might she need different dosages ( an adjustment to what she is on ) but also the doctors can explore other options for treatment. There is a wide array of medicines available and it may take awhile to find something that works, sometimes it is hit or miss until the right med at the right dosage is found.

   If you can get her up don't make a big deal of her illness, it just seems to feed the fire, at least it did in my case. It is better if you try to get her active. Go for walks or just a ride in a surrounding that will be comfortable for her so she can relax and still be active. If she is into crafts or has a particular hobby she enjoys encourage her to do it, something to occupy the mind usually helps to draw one out of there shell. Not only should you make sure she gets her meds but she needs to eat properly, a nice balanced diet, make sure her body is taken care of even if you have to prod just a little bit.

   I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are doing the right thing by showing her that you genuinely do care. Assist her in every aspect of everyday life until something inside her kicks in and she starts doing for herself. My  wife has been through my depression for 30 years now and even though she doesn't want to talk about it a lot I know that if there was something I truly needed I could get it. I have gotten to the point I am at with her assistance and support. I now have the tools to fight what used to be a devastating depression and I could never have done it alone. 

   If you want to talk just get hold of me either through private e-mail or through this community forum, I will help you in any way I am able. Also be assured as I believe in the power of prayer and you and your spouse have been added to my chain of positive  energies.


         ;           ;           ;           ;           ;           ;         Mr. Ben Z.


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