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Apr 27, 2013, 11:51 AM
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I was on another forum and the topic is
"Tough Love". Someone posted the following: "So if I'm bipolar, and I've done things while in a manic state - destroyed relationship, run up huge bills, etc. - that make me suffer once the mania is past, I might eventually be motivated to try and avoid being manic again". The poster is under the impression that all manic episodes are caused by the person w/ BP dx. My response: COMPLETELY disagree. Mania is not something a person w/ bipolar can permanently avoid. Episodes happen even if the person is medicated. People w/ BP dx can TRY to avoid things like drinking, stress and lack of of sleep HOWEVER even doing so is NOT a grantee. I've had a manic episode AND I followed ALL the rules, I'm not sure were you received your misinformation from....let me guess a movie.
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Apr 27, 2013, 03:32 PM
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That's just insulting to say that "oh... you did this to yourself... how about you just don't do that next time, eh?"
I've actually had a few people tell me that. To my face. I'm just irresponsible. I simply lack discipline. It's so wrong it would be laughable were it not so sad. Funny thing for me, it's not something I know even HOW to avoid. In that moment I deserve whatever it is. I need it. I have to have whatever it is and nothing can stop me from getting it. I don't see it as even wrong at the time. I AM making the right decision. How could I avoid or change something that I actually percieve as right?
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Apr 27, 2013, 04:22 PM
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Exactly. The shopping sprees and impulse trips, drinking, sex, jumping off roof tops and feeling invincible. We're not seeing the acts as wrong. What's sad is we're stuck w/ the clean up. Stuck w/ the car, house and whatever else we bought during that time. Yet he thinks we can just turn it off.
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