My grandma (82) has dementia, but her IP doctor thinks she has BP 1 and is undergoing a severe manic episode from not sleeping, being hyper, pacing around a lot, wanting to have sex with people, etc.. I actually think my dad might have undiagnosed BP because of his severe anger that occurs during periods of not sleeping.

I thought I was the only one in my family with BP. Oh well. But it makes a lot of sense.

My grandma is on Geodon, Seroquel (she's weaning off it as she is titrating up the Geodon), Depakote, and Ativan. It's sad, though, that she's now drooling on herself... a lot. She's also slurring her speech.

It's really hard to handle every time I visit her at the hospital. She barely functions anymore because they're overmedicating her. It rips me to pieces.