Posted by shellie on November 3, 2000, at 15:44:06
In reply to Can anyone help with some questions please, posted by Kim(for my hubby Brendan) on November 3, 2000, at 10:41:21
Hi Kim. I haven't experienced mania or psychotic thinking, although I had an old boyfriend who would become psychotic and also hated the meds.
But that was quite a while ago. There are many alternatives in the drug department these days, and your husband should not assume that "overmedication" is the only choice he has. Lots of hospitals overmedicate because it makes life easier for the medical staff. I would start all over with a doctor (maybe one associated with a university) and go for a consultation with your husband. The consultation could be about whether to try medication again, and how could things be different medically this time. Medication often has to be adjusted and readjusted for manic depressive to find a balance. Your husband is also going through psychic episodes.
It is not unusual for people who experience mania to miss it when medication blocks it. So I think your husband has to really understand how his manic behavior affects you and your children, as well as himself.
I don't believe your husband's dilemma is going to resolve itself--generally it has a tendency to become more pronounced. I think you've got to get him to go to a psychiatrist or psychopharmacologist(a psychiatrist who specializes in medication). He doesn't need to make a decision about taking medication until he hears what the doctor has to say.
Shellie
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