and is in a mess financially and living in fantasy, this situation has occurred since she has gone off meds. what is the best way to handle this person
Get her to go back to the doctor and talk to someone.. or get back on her meds... One of my good friends has a brother which i guess was a good friend but he has never gone to the doc for it.. but there is no getting through to him he is well he just has a problem
I guess that wasn't very helpful
as a bipolar person here you really need to try and get her back on her meds and asap.on meds we are still hard to deal with but off of our meds we can be hell to live with or even just be around.i know that my husband tries very hard to help me but he just keeps fumbling around in the dark about how to. first thing he did was get a letter from my psychiatrist stating that i was incapable of handling my finances. (you've seen why bi-polars have no concept of money or finances.) it is hard to get through to us with bipolar. we are never sure whether we are in reality as others see it or in reality as we see it. i hope that your friend is a slow cycler with her moods. i am a rapid cycler. i can cycle through my ups and downs 4-6 times in one day. that makes it even harder for people who love us to deal with us. i know that her psychiatrist can't tell you anything about her illness but you need to let him/her know that she has gone off her meds. she made need to be placed in a psych ward for a certain time period until she is back on meds and fairly good again. if you know of someone that is willing to take care of her finances for her and maybe even be willing to legally be appointed as her legal medical guardian have them do it. that will be a help in dealing with her. Many Blessings!
meds aren't the end all cure... she needs to be in talk therapy as well.
I was married to one for 9 months until I couldn't take it anymore. She wouldn't stay on her meds, either, because she said didn't need them. She wound up owing 86K in bills that I was responsible for (except for the ones where I could prove she forged my signature!). What I tell people like yourself now is that you can't fix a broken brain. Steer clear unless you want a lot of misery!
You can, but usually not during an episode, not in any short period of time and depending on the severity of the disorder, possibly not without help.
People can become very irrational and changable, particularly in the manic stage. You need to get her to agree to changes, write them down and for her to sign them - concrete proof of what she needs to do and why. You need very clear consquences of what will happen if she does not. And you need to do this calmly, supportively - like a carer. Not confrontationally, no hectoring or demanding. This can be hard as a friend or family sometimes. But then, I don't know this person or how they respond or act, so this should only be taken as very vague advice.
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People with bipolar disorder do often need meds and should only stop taking them on advice. And talking therapy is very important to make them take control of both taking the meds and committing to changing their life, although in the case of disorder like bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, talking therapies alone are not great cures. They are necessary as a combination of factors.
she needs to be on meds! some bipolar sufferers cant snap out of it. its a reality to them.
The best way to handle her is to be honest with her. Obviously, she needs to be on her meds in order to live productively.
Be a friend.
But the world will understand if she refuses treatment and you distance yourself from her. Unmedicated bi-polar patients are very difficult to be around.
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