Question by R.E.D.: Do most bipolar people think they can do without medication?
Is it common that most bipolar people want to drop taking their bipolar medication? Do they come up with all kinds of rationizations to support not taking their medicine? What are some of these rationizations? Do you think a bipolar alcoholic can recover from alcoholism without their bipolar medications?

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but I have not noticed any. How long do people go through the periods where they are feeling okay and when they are feeling bad?

My spouse is bipolar and my family hates her. they say she is crazy and that she will kill me in my sleep one day. I have also heard that bipolar people have a tendency to be paranoid and abusive. can anyone shead some light on this matter?

I am bipolar, but under treatment and medication. I would prefer not to have children on my own because I know that bipolar is genetic. I really believe that I would be a good mom, but would I even be given the chance since I am bipolar even though it is treated?

And, now why is it no longer considered trauma related? Why is everyone stating that it is hereditary?

That appears like it would be more detrimental to the individuals who actually really do want to receive treatment. How come people who work in mental health do not make more effort to become familiar with the DSM?
Dissociative Identitiy Disorder
Dissociation is a mental process in which there is a lack of connection in thoughts, memories, feelings, actions or identity. While dissociating, certain information is not associated with other information as it normally would be. Some believe that dissociation exists on a continuum ranging from daydreaming to Dissociative Identity Disorder at the other. However there is great overlap between the different dissociative disorders (DD), including DID.
Symptoms

* Multiple personalities, on average 10 though there can be as few as two and as many as 100
* Exhibits different personalities, behavior and even physical characteristics
* Episodes of amnesia or time loss (i.e.: don’t remember people, places, etc.)
* Often they are depressed or suicidal
* Self-mutilation is common
* 1/3 of patients experience visual or auditory hallucinations
* The average age for the development of alters is 5.9 years
* Depressive symptoms
* An inability to focus in school (in childhood)
* Conduct problems (in childhood)
Well, the only problem is when the parents blame the child. When really the parent is the one with the problems.

I want to know what people think about people with bipolar disorder. I am not saying that the sufferers can all be generalized so to be summarized in one word, but when you discover that you’re about to meet someone who has manic-depressive disorder, what behaviorisms might you expect? I ask that no one does research prior to answering this question because I want to use the answers as a sample to represent a larger audience.

I was diagnosted in 2006 with bipolar type 2. ( I suffer more from deppression than mania…and my manias aren’t extreme, they are hypomanias…)

Doctors have tried SO MANY medication on me, I feel like a lab rat!

Either the meds made no improvement on me, or the side effects were to strong/or dangerous for me to continue them.

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I used to know the name of several (esp. murderers and people of that sort). Can you name a few for me?

I’ve just gotten the diagnosis. I found it comforting when I was diagnosed with bipolar (about six years ago) to know that successful people like Lewis Carroll (sp?) and Meriweather Lewis (of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) had the disorder. I am hoping that hearing of others who have had BPD and led successful lives will help me move forward in recovery.

I have a couple people in my family with bipolar and i was wondering: Are people with bipolar more sensitive to touch? One of them loves things that feel soft and they hate touching things that are rough or that, according to them, does not feel good. When they see something new or that they think is interesting, they want to touch and feel it.