Bipolar...unmedicated

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No, not me.

My flatmate was sleeping with a guy for a while who threatened to club her and me to death with a hammer (she didn't know he was bipolar until AFTER that incident, when he said the only reason it happened was because he hadn't been taking his meds) and has since been pestering her despite her repeated pleas for him to leave her alone. He's on my course so I see him every day, he is always very over-friendly with me and has never given me personally cause to worry about his behaviour.

My question is really, as I don't know all that much about things bipolar, should she/we be worried about the threats he made when he says he was off his medication or just put them down to his condition and his lack of medication at the time? I'm nore concerned about her as he won't leave her alone, though he hasn't been threatening toward her since that night.

Thanks much.

Reply 1

hallowsfanatic

Not taking his medication would have probably have made him unbalances, more prone to bouts of anger and severe mood swings.

I suppose the question is why did he not take his medication?

Reply 2

Tarts_n_Vicars

OP

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...and if he plans on not taking it again!

I have friends with mental illness so am fairly sympathetic toward it, but then none of them have threatened to butcher me with a hammer!

Reply 3

Revd. Mike

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Apparently it's a fiarly common problem in bipolar disorder that patients in the mania phase, or rising out of the depressive phase "feel better" and so stop taking the medication. I wouldn't worry too much, but perhaps you could organise to have a friend or whatever check he's taking it?

Reply 4

danni_bella

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Tarts_n_Vicars

No, not me.

My flatmate was sleeping with a guy for a while who threatened to club her and me to death with a hammer (she didn't know he was bipolar until AFTER that incident, when he said the only reason it happened was because he hadn't been taking his meds) and has since been pestering her despite her repeated pleas for him to leave her alone. He's on my course so I see him every day, he is always very over-friendly with me and has never given me personally cause to worry about his behaviour.

My question is really, as I don't know all that much about things bipolar, should she/we be worried about the threats he made when he says he was off his medication or just put them down to his condition and his lack of medication at the time? I'm nore concerned about her as he won't leave her alone, though he hasn't been threatening toward her since that night.

Thanks much.

Omg babe! #zomg# First of all, how are you I was thinking about you the other day - when are you hitting Oz?? :biggrin:

I'm most likely gonna be in UK by August, so hopefully before then hehe (I'm being greedy heh).

Anyway secondly - :eek:

One of my mates cousins ex's was a bit like that, and she got a restraining order against him. I'm not saying you should do the same, he is probably a nice person tbh but perhaps suggest that he might need to get help and mention therapy.

I hope you're both ok, that's not fair and shouldn't be happening to cool people like yourself :cool:

XxX

Reply 5

Anonymous #1

I'm bi polar and haven't taken any medication for it because I feel like if I do I will mask what I am trully feeling. I would rather be myself than something stopped by medication. Also my parents don't know because I just can't talk to them, and they are sometimes really evil back.

I just wanted to say that...sorry :frown:

wanted to get that off my chest. Felt alone about it for a while now.

Reply 6

Anonymous #2

Of the various mood swing medications, I believe Lithium is the most common. They don't stop mood swings, they stop moods altogether. Which may explain what the above poster was talking about.

Reply 7

Anonymous #1

thats exactly what i mean. i just want to be able to be myself. whether i am happy or sad, angry or smiley.

Bipolar...unmedicated

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