Posted by Garnet71 on February 17, 2009, at 20:05:34
In reply to Re: Bipolar Diagnosis and Drug Abuse » garnet71, posted by obsidian on February 17, 2009, at 17:59:36
Thanks guys for offering your opinions. Your right though, I guess staying clean should be her priority. It's been over a year now since she's done anything; she is just starting a new job finally....took a while to find one...even the $9 jobs do background checks sometimes. I think she deserves a chance like anyone else.
Unfortunately, she's been substance abusing since she was about 11, so it's hard to tell what she was like before. She doesn't remember mania, except she did tell me she remembered that when she saw buildings, she would have sudden urges to 'jump off them' and other similarities; strange-not suicidal, but she told me she remembers being attracted to those types of thoughts. Maybe she is BP. I was just worried about her going to all those different PDocs, being medicated for the rest of her life w/o anyone knowing whether or not she is permanently affected. When she had her breakdown, I took her to the psych hospital ER 5 times and was upset at the way they treated her.
Thanks for all your help.
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