Posted by Julie on March 9, 2000, at 22:20:56
I posted a couple months ago about a friend who'd started Serzone and was feeling "up"-- and hostile-- on it. Well, she continued taking it, and since then she's gotten extremely agitated and hostile. She's talking very, very fast and very angrily, picking verbal fights with co-workers and bosses, and saying paranoid things. I'm thinking maybe she is bipolar and didn't know it, and that her meds have flipped her into an irritable mania. Her co-workers- who interact with her more than I- are very worried about her. She has no family nearby and lives alone. Apparently, she's only seeing her psychiatrist every couple of weeks. What can we do to help her? Is calling her doctor with our concerns ethical? I have talked with depressed friends in crisis, and have been there myself-- but mania is something I have little experience with. I'd appreciate any feedback-- thanks.
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