Posted by Janice on February 10, 2000, at 22:32:19
In reply to living with someone who is bi-polar/peter pan, posted by kathleen on February 10, 2000, at 13:15:14
hi kathleen,
I'm bipolar, and get this:
I'm educated about this disorder
I'm a rapid cycler
I was living with a medical doctor
I even like taking pills (for the most part)and I still went off the medication, twice! I can barely believe this myself, and cannot explain it!
i was always hardest on my boyfriend. i would really put that man through the ringer! Manic depressive are gifted at (what i call) psychological warfare. I couldn't not do it, and i always won.
Of course, many times I was entertaining, gentle and charming. It's almost as if our good and bad qualites have a much greater range than most other people.
If you do decide to continue to see him, I would insist that he take his medication every day.
maybe you could sprinkle his lithium on his mashed potatoes at dinner time, or something.
sorry, I don't know what you mean by Peter pan, but I'm guessing it's not good if it's showed up on this board.
I wish you all the luck. It very kind of you to be so concerned about this other person. I doubt he would appreciate you kathleen. Janice
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