confusedinomicon,

Like my husband says "In a perfect world yes maybe once she was giving her diagnose she would take her meds and fully take responsiblity of her illness on her own." However I don't live in a perfect world and I am also going to assume that Cole Thorthon's wife does not either. Also I have learned that a lot of BP patients start to feel good when in manic state and decide that they don't need their meds and maybe this is cause they have not accept their illness. It sounds to me that she is in a manic state and that maybe she is either unaware of what BP is enough to be responsible to stay on meds, know she is in a crisis or has done any research on her illness to take on this responisibilty. I also know that as for me I will depend on my husbands support to make sure that I stay compliant on meds, appts to pdoc and to help me learn my triggers, symptoms and how to control them before they go out of control again. As from learning from others it can be hard to stay compliant when you start to feel that you feel great and maybe you don't need your meds. Even a couple I meet in support group who has been dealing with BP for over 40 yrs he still some times feels he don't need his meds and he has his wife to help him stay on top of it if she notices any out of the ordinary symptoms. We are not in her shoes so no one can say that she is responsible just because she has been giving a diagnose and she should know everything there is to know on her own.