{"id":5579,"date":"2007-05-10T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/unrealistic-with-bipolar-disorder-medication\/"},"modified":"2007-05-10T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T10:31:00","slug":"unrealistic-with-bipolar-disorder-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/unrealistic-with-bipolar-disorder-medication\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrealistic with bipolar disorder medication?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

I wanted to drop you quick note about something
that came up with someone that works for
me with bipolar disorder. This person
does a great job. I’ve never had any problems
with her in almost 2 years.<\/p>\n

Yesterday however we were fighting with
computer software and we were both losing.<\/p>\n

She said, “I hate these stupid software
programs because they never work right.”<\/p>\n

I said, “Yea, they never do that’s why
I try not to buy new ones.”<\/p>\n

Then she really started getting mad. I was
probably 15 times MORE mad than her. She
said to me, “I can’t get mad, or they will
think that my medication needs to be changed
and I am going into an episode.”<\/p>\n

We both laughed and finally got the problem
fixed. If she needed her medication changed
for getting mad and I was 15 times more
mad than me, what would that say about me?<\/p>\n

So then I was thinking about bipolar
disorder and medication. First let me say
I am NOT a doctor, lawyer, accountant,
or anything else “professional.” So
I am NOT giving any kind of advice like that.<\/p>\n

What I will say is this. If you are supporting
someone with bipolar disorder, you have to have
realistic expectations with medication. You
also have to realize that a person is allowed
to have emotions and normal moods. Bipolar Disorder
is a mood disorder with extreme moods up or down.
It’s the extremes you are looking for not the
normal moods and emotions you see in everyone.<\/p>\n

What do I mean? For example, with what I just
wrote and the software program. If someone is
fighting with a software program, which I do
almost everyday and lose, and that person gets
really, really mad and has bipolar disorder,
does that mean his\/her medications is messed
up or they are going into an episode?<\/p>\n

It could but probably not. Let me give you another
example as to what happen with myself. After my
mom was out of the outpatient program a while ago,
I was at my mom and dad’s house with my brother.<\/p>\n

My mom came back mad and my brother said, “Oh
here she goes again.” I asked my mom why she
was mad, and she said she had been cut off
by someone who screamed at her and then made
all kinds of hand gestures. So she got
mad.<\/p>\n

When I heard this, I thought, “Who wouldn’t
get mad about that?” Then I pointed out to
my brother he flies into road rage for the
slightest things, if someone cuts him off or
gives him the finger (which in the US is an obscene
hand gesture, and maybe other places too but
I don’t know,) so if getting mad about
a driving incident is a sign a person is
going into an episode and needs their medication
changed, that means he is going into an episode
and needs his medication changed based on the
transitive property of equality.<\/p>\n

The transitive property of equality in
math dictates
if a = b and b = c, then a = c<\/p>\n

My brother doesn’t have bipolar disorder and
isn’t taking medication but I am sure you see
where I am going.<\/p>\n

When I told my brother that, he got all mad
at me and then I said, “If you are getting
mad, that might be a sign too.” Then he got
quiet and shook his head at me and walked
away mad mumbled something like “What the
heck is wrong with him?”<\/p>\n

Sometimes people think that I am crazy because
I use math in normal everyday conversations.<\/p>\n

I have seen even my dad take a normal incident
that my mom may have and talk about maybe her
medication might have to be changed.<\/p>\n

To me it’s so easy to determine what are signs
and what aren’t signs. I have a flow chart in my
head. Actually I cheated, for a year, I used
these worksheets and checklists that I made
to teach myself how to know what are signs
and aren’t signs.<\/p>\n

But even if I didn’t have any worksheets or checklists,
I would know that a person with bipolar disorder
or any person will have normal emotions and
I wouldn’t want to medicate someone into a robot.<\/p>\n

So, the bottom line is, you have to have realistic
expectations about what medication can do. It’s
best to talk it over with your loved one’s doctor
about what to expect.<\/p>\n

Do NOT expect medication to create a perfect person
who never gets mad, sad, etc. That won’t happen.<\/p>\n

I hope this all make sense to you.<\/p>\n

If you are wondering about my checklists, they
are in my supporter courses\/systems.<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING AN ADULT?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

I wanted to drop you quick note about something
that came up with someone that works for
me with bipolar disorder. This person
does a great job. I’ve never had any problems
with her in almost 2 years.<\/p>\n

Yesterday however we were fighting with
computer software and we were both losing.<\/p>\n

She said, “I hate these stupid software
programs because they never work right.”<\/p>\n

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