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Originally Posted by rwwff
After a month or few of being stable, the people in my life that I love told me that my unmedicated self made them fearful of their safety. Hurt some to hear, but truth is truth. I'm having to really try and remember this now that its been a couple years; my instincts want to tell me that I'm fine, nothing is wrong, no reason to take meds, etc.
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I had a friend from judo who has three kids like I do- mine are older than hers. Once it got out that I have bipolar, she didn't want me around her kids. Thank goodness she didn't just drop me then, but she told me how she had been feeling. I was shocked. People who are not in the know think bipolar people are violent. I've read about people who are severely manic needing to be strapped down at the hospital, but I tend to think that this is rather rare- isn't it?