Thread: I need some info on helping a friend in Tenerife who is "Bi-Polar"

Originally Posted by Dominique

and for the poster who advised drugs like Lithium... if you want her to live a life like a dull plant drugs might sound like a good idea... if solves the bipolarity by bringing down emotions... but it also takes out most of the other emotions... thank but not thanks

hope this helps...

good luck!
Dominique

I think we should avoid advising people to use or not use any particular drug. Everyone is different and everyone will react differently to any particular drug. It is finding one that hopefully will help. Not always possible. You can try everything, medication, exercise, the lot and depending on the person, will depend on recovery.

Lithium was the only thing that helped my daughter. When depression came back a few years later, the hospital wouldn't give it to her, and put her on medication that did not suit her. She and the family could see immediately that it didn't suit her. They wouldn't listen to us and just doubled up the amounts. Unfortunately I lost her.

Originally Posted by goforgold

I think we should avoid advising people to use or not use any particular drug. Everyone is different and everyone will react differently to any particular drug. It is finding one that hopefully will help. Not always possible. You can try everything, medication, exercise, the lot and depending on the person, will depend on recovery.

Lithium was the only thing that helped my daughter. When depression came back a few years later, the hospital wouldn't give it to her, and put her on medication that did not suit her. She and the family could see immediately that it didn't suit her. They wouldn't listen to us and just doubled up the amounts. Unfortunately I lost her.

I'm sory for your loss my husband and i work for adult placement along side social services we look after vunerable adults with mental health issues one being bi-polar,we now only have 1 person living with us as part of the family and he comes to tenerife when we come so we are here a lot of the time we do not profess to be experts as each case is different and needs different types of intervention with medication and care plans ie how to manage your live ect some suffers such as the person wel ook after cannot cope with being on their own but, they were married and had two children as well as working as a teacher so did have a "normal life".I have found that the illness does get worse and ultimatley some sufferers will eventually go into a care home as it is a progressive illness so i hope that you get her proffessional help if she has not already seen a doctor then i hope you take her and good luck for her future

I've not come across anyone with depression having to go into a home. Many people get better, many people live with it and some........

Unfortunately I think you have misread my post.

Reading a Post that advises (however meant) to alter
Prescribed Medication, is near to Lunacy. Pease think about it ?
..
Thats what Doctors are for, and we owe it to Others to
support and NOT critiscise Qualified Medics.
O.K. dosage can be difficult, but in the great majority of Cases
the wrong Dosage is better than none at all.

Originally Posted by warbey

Reading a Post that advises (however meant) to alter
Prescribed Medication, is near to Lunacy. Pease think about it ?
..
Thats what Doctors are for, and we owe it to Others to
support and NOT critiscise Qualified Medics.
O.K. dosage can be difficult, but in the great majority of Cases
the wrong Dosage is better than none at all.

Hi Warbey,

Not sure whose post you are referring to, I couldn't see one where they suggest alterting prescribed meds?

Originally Posted by Dominique

I'm quite sure the OP was talking about bipolarity, not about autism!

Couldn't help reacting but you post does my head in... you're obviously talking about something completely different!

Hi Dominique, it was depression. I didn't understand the reply at all, but I'm sure they meant well.

(I was referring to my post - I got crossed wires)