Originally posted by: DumbRedGuy
Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Asking a mental illness question on this board? Talk about the blind leading the blind...
thats is why we have a Offtopic forum? i'm just trying to get input from others on this board. Since we have over 10,000 members I'm sure someone might shed some important information? Thank you for your input.
--Scsi
Yeah, don't listen to what any of us say. None of us are doctors who have met the person.
With that said, I'll throw in my two cents (as a lowly psych major). She may be manic, but true mania (or even hypomania) is something that lasts for a while--the DSM IV says a manic episode has to last 2 weeks to count for bipolar I. It entails MORE than just being violent. Does she spend money too freely, have delusions of grandeur, hardly sleep at all? She sounds like she has psychotic symptoms. She's being violent or crazy. Also, if she was bipolar she would have a depressive state, too. Having only mania is very, very rare.
She does need to see a psychiatrist. Only they can diagnose her.
Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
Yes she spends money freely(stole money from her mom $8,000 and hided somewhere), does not sleep very well, delusions most of the time, talks to herself, consider herself being normal and refuse to see any psychiartrist(she actsnormal infront of a psychiartrist), refuse to take any medicine given by doctors, believe her parents weren't her real parents, and listens to no one (have a world of her own). I have been listening to my friends story and I can't help but to feel sorry for him.
--Scsi
Well, one can also have mania with psychotic symptoms. It is odd that she 'acts normal' around a psychiatrist. Usually one cannot control their mania, because they are so into 'their own world'. Also, if she's just borderline psychotic, she might just be 'being a bitch'. If she refuses to at least see a doctor to try to get her act together, her parents should lay down an ultimatum.
Originally posted by: PigPig
you know... you friend's sister HAVE to see psychiatrist/psychologist, and she has to take medicines and has to be counselled by professional.
If she refuses to go and refuses to take medicines, maybe your friend should go to see the psychiatrist(s) first, tell them all the situations, and ask them what can he do in order to bring her seeing psychiatrist. I think they'll teach your friend.
If your friend's sister is going crazy, i think your friend should call the police.
If possible, try to videotape her when she's going crazy and abusing someone else, so, have evident.
Sorry to hear about that.
Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
According to my friend, she's not willing to take those drugs.
--Scsi
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
According to my friend, she's not willing to take those drugs.
--Scsi
If they can establish a behavior background and get a court order, people can be forced to take their medications. They will need to be placed on conservatorship, and most likely addmitted to a pshyciatric facility( i used to work at a locked psych facility). The county has conservators, or a family member can be one also, all it is is someone who is there to look out for the best intrests of the person and has the legal authority to force medication on someone.
edit: One thing you can do is when she is acting up, call the police and have them do a 5150 on her which gives them 72 hours to evaluate. It seems as if the medical professionals are not being very helpful though, so I dont know if this would help. Just make sure you keep calling the cops when she is acting up, They will get fed up and kind of force the issue with the doctors.
Originally posted by: SCSIfreek
Originally posted by: PigPig
you know... you friend's sister HAVE to see psychiatrist/psychologist, and she has to take medicines and has to be counselled by professional.
If she refuses to go and refuses to take medicines, maybe your friend should go to see the psychiatrist(s) first, tell them all the situations, and ask them what can he do in order to bring her seeing psychiatrist. I think they'll teach your friend.
If your friend's sister is going crazy, i think your friend should call the police.
If possible, try to videotape her when she's going crazy and abusing someone else, so, have evident.
Sorry to hear about that.
the hard part is that we live out of state from his parents. else we'll just run over and hold his sister down while the cops get there.