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Originally Posted by Confusedinomicon
I am going to make an assumption, but I think she is diagnosed already. I think his wife was taken advantage of by the psychologist, but not with the other men. I understand not knowing about hypersexuality symptoms before you are diagnosed, but after you're diagnosed the responsibility is put on yourself. For example, the only person who is going to make you take your medicine daily is yourself. You can ask your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/best friend/parent to remind you to take your medicine but it doesn't mean you will take it. Making emergency appointments; the only person who can point out the crisis is yourself. As you become familiar with this disease and with symptoms it becomes easier to know triggers and to stop them from getting out of hand. I think that's why it becomes inexcusable.
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I hear what you are saying but I was diagnosed since I was like 20 and even then I did not know what I had I mean it was like I went and saw psych took meds but I still did not know what was going on. Unjust recently when I am guessing the med combo was right and I became more to a normal sate from being manic psychotic that it still took my husband to make me make a choice of what I wanted to do with my life. During the psychotic mania episode I did not know what I had even though I was being treated for it and was taking meds. So it would be different for each individual at what point of the illness they are in to be able to accept what they have and then make the choice to move forward and not continue to do this behaviour. Even though I finally understood it was hard to break the cycle of letting the illness take control but now I have found it easier since I have learned so much about the illness. Hope I make since in a sleepy mood right now.