Posted by HenryO on August 28, 2003, at 9:25:19
In reply to Re: Sobriety and Mania- related to above post » HenryO, posted by Larry Hoover on August 28, 2003, at 7:05:16
Larry, what a post, every comment was wise and helpful. This board is a great service. You put some thought into that, thank you.
His response to the meds seems like they help, I'd increase the dose quite a bit. There is a chicken and the egg aspect to this. Which issue has more influence on the other. I don't know if the answer matters.
I've decided I am not equipted to nor ready to try to solve him. I can offer a bed for a while but the instaibility I'm not going to have around me for too long.
It looks like pure mania, how rare is that? I didn't know if that was really possible. I think he uses to stay sane. He eats as much as two men. He's not heavy. And he sleeps like the dead, at least right now. Maybe he's making up for lost time. This is the first good place to crash for a while.
The program works for a 18 months or so, then this other condition comes in over the top. He feels it comming, starts going to two then three meetings a day. People give up on him like he's insincere. But I'm starting to see this other illness is making it so that thinking is not always in the picture. Indeed several days may go by while he is clean and manic that he doesn't remember.
I've know him on and off since high school, he has always been high voltage.
I worry, maybe even starting to think, the prognosis isn't good. I wish he and I could leave him in some good hospital setting for a long time.
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