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⌈ Secret Post #2021 ⌋

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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.