Posted by Mitch on September 6, 2001, at 9:41:59
In reply to Re: Hypomania sans depression Mitch, posted by Maisy on September 6, 2001, at 6:34:48
> Mitch, All I know is what his wife tells me, and all she was told was "hypomania". He went to the dr. because he was having a lot of issues in his marriage and finally realized he needed some help. This attitude quickly dissapated and now he feels there is not a problem, then sometimes he feels there is but it can be dealt with by the I Ching, and going to higher spiritual plains. All this while he was self-mutilating. I tried to speak to him again this past weekend and again he told me how he was going about treating himself spiritually instead. He has threatened suicide in the past, and has engaged in very dangerous behaviour. I don't know if I should play "good cop" or "bad cop"!! What do you think? Do I have a right to call his psychiatrist? We really want him to go to a different psychiatrist but he doesn't want to because we think he can easily bamboozle this one, plus he gets the valium. Don't know what to do.
The "good" thing is that he *is* seeing a doctor. There may be more to his relationship with his current doctor than merely getting valium. It wouldn't surprise me that he may have been prescribed other meds as well and your brother may not be divulging everything. Just a hunch, but from what you say it sounds like your brother is an attention seeker who likes to shock people (esp. his family). He is an adult and he is the one that is going to have to make the decision to get serious about psychiatric medical intervention including meds for treatment. Unfortunately, it seems like he is holding his family "hostage". I would suggest seeing a professional counselor (not necessarily a psychiatrist)to find ways to deal with your brother's behavior-so you can stop being a character in this ongoing circus your sibling seems to be self-perpetuating at your expense.
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