I apologize, Twin.. I don't know where I saw Sigi's name that had me thinking I was replying to Sig.. but I'm distressed and typing through tears.
I'm being bullied in the most insidious of ways... and my daughter deserves better than for her mother to be bullied when she's trying to get help for her. I don't understand why it's being allowed to continue. No one should come here to get help with medications, and have to cope with a bully repeatedly implying that they are killing their child. Thank God my daughter doesn't read this place. It would probably trigger a major hospitalization-worthy episode if she read all this hateful stuff Lou keeps saying.
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Maybe I'll wake up and all those posts will have been deleted from my thread...
Solstice
> > I think it's wonderful that you are able to understand your daughter so well, and describe her symptoms so clearly, despite the enormous distress her condition must be.causing you. I think you are getting some very good suggestions from people who know a lot about bipolar illness; I hope at least one of them really helps her.
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> > One thing caught my attention: how, under stress, she begins to distort her feelings about others' motives. Do you think this is something that psychotherapy might help her with? In addition, if you found a really good therapist, it would be an additional source of support, which might make things a bit easier for you. I realize that she has two neurologically based illnesses, but the interpersonal stresses resulting from them might be helped considerably by a caring therapist.
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> Hi Sigi.. thanks for stopping by.
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> Yes, my daughter has a marvelous therapist that played a very large role in stabilizing my daughter three years ago. She's been involved with this situation, but it gets more difficult because my daughter has these distortion problems going on, and she vasscillates between wanting to see T, and crying out that no one is listening to her. My observation is that her treatment providers listen with tremendous caring and are very responsive, but my daughter gets these paranoid ideas and thinks they only listen to me. It's not true - I haven't even been involved in her therapy sessions other than when I'm called in at her request, but her mind is just not working 'with' her right now. That said, the therapist is fabulous and it helps me a lot to know I'm not holding this thing together on my own, for sure.
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