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Jul 26, 2015, 06:19 PM
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My mom and I are both bipolar. She's in the middle of an episode, I saw it coming as I know her pattern. She's paranoid believing that others are trying to harm her and my family. Anger is also starting to set in. How do I handle her? I'm making sure she takes her medicine especially sleeping pill because I know lack of sleep will just make it worse.
How do you best handle someone that is in the middle of an episode? I think anyone else would handle it better but my anxiety starts rising when she's like this.
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Jul 26, 2015, 06:25 PM
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From my experience you don't want to disagree with her you need to comfort her and make her feel safe. I usually have to help one of my relatives when they have an episode like this too.
Last edited by ensconce; Jul 26, 2015 at 06:52 PM. |
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Jul 26, 2015, 07:09 PM
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Validate, validate, validate. It will help lower defenses, which can also help a person reach their own conclusions about what they must do for his/herself.
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