[ SECRET POST #2021 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2021 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Dealing WIth Someone Mentally Unhealthy

[(Anonymous)]

This may not be any help, but if she has bipolar disorder she shouldn't be in a mental hospital. The most effective treatment for bipolar disorder is taking the proper medication.

She doesn't have anyone else that can look after her?

Re: Dealing WIth Someone Mentally Unhealthy

[(Anonymous)]

Well, this seems like she might just be reaching out to a former friend, but in any case, bipolar or not, a person needs to take a hint and understand if someone just doesn't want the contact. And if they don't, well, sorry, social rules count for them as for anyone else. Harassing someone is not ok.

Re: Dealing WIth Someone Mentally Unhealthy

[(Anonymous)]

She stops taking her medication all the time.

She's basically burned out her own family, and they don't want to deal with her anymore. We did call her mom and tell her what was happening, but there's not much the Mom can/is willing to do.

Re: Dealing WIth Someone Mentally Unhealthy

[(Anonymous)]

Okay. Does she know where you live? Make it clear to her that you have other important things that you need to deal with at the moment and cut her out of your life.
If she ignores this and continually bothers you, this could be considered harassment/stalking; so, don't hesitate to take it to the police.

Re: Dealing WIth Someone Mentally Unhealthy

[(Anonymous)]

Forgive me in advance if I'm misunderstanding you, but I'm studying psychiatry/psychology, and tbh I've never understood why so many people say this. Do you mean that people with bipolar disorder shouldn't be in the hospital long-term, or that they shouldn't be in the hospital at all? Yes, you're right, the proper way to manage bipolar disorder is to find the right stabilizing medication, but isn't that kind of... idealist, for lack of a better word? Now, obviously I've not met every bipolar person on the planet, so this is a generalization, but every person with bipolar disorder I have ever met (and I know/have met quite a few) has not 100% consistently stayed on their medication. I'm sure you know this, since I get the impression you know about the disorder, but it's very common for sufferers to get on medication, become stable, figure "oh, I feel so much better - I don't need this medication anymore," and then get off of it. While they're on their meds, everything tends to be fine, but if they get off of it (and sometimes even when they're still on it) they can get very depressed, suicidal, etc. and some people can even get paranoid/violent depending on their particular temperament and symptomology. In which case, yes, they need to be closely monitored. And sometimes it is just too much to ask of the family/spouse to watch them 24/7.

So basically, tl;dr: If you're saying that it is unproductive to have someone with bipolar disorder hospitalized long-term, then I could not agree more with you. But I have to respectfully disagree if you don't think a (usually) brief hospitalization is necessary so long as the person is an immediate danger to him/herself or other people. In my experience, a lot of people are way too down with the whole "let the family take care of it" idea. When someone is suicidal or violent, or threatening to do one of those things, it is simply wisest for that person to be in a safe environment and monitored by professionals who know what they are doing for so long as that person remains an immediate danger. General rule that time period is about 72 hours, unless the person is REALLY having a crisis, in which case it may be extended to 9 days or, rarely, longer.