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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 66171" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I can tell you as a person with bipolar that when you get into "that place" that nothing else matters to you at that particular moment. You are gone. All rational thinking is done for. You are in a zone where all you can do is follow your emotions.</p><p></p><p>What we hope for is that with the right medication and therapy is that our brain chemicals dont go wacky too often. We learn to control our behaviors for the most part and we try to control our environments so that we dont put ourselves in situations that we know are going to trigger bad reactions. Of course, that is something that an adult can control. A kid cannot control a situation that they find themselves in for the most part. They cannot say what classes they take or where they go every day. An adult can mostly. </p><p></p><p>Parents can help a kid out. Watch what triggers them. For me its crowds, stress, the holidays, commotions, too much stimuli, things like that and I will go into a meltdown. Its not pretty.</p><p></p><p>Im just telling you these things to try to help you understand what is like to be your kid. It isnt easy. If he or she needs to be in a hospital for a short time to get some help to sort it out, then thats ok too. Sometimes that makes things easier because hospitals are calm places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 66171, member: 1514"] I can tell you as a person with bipolar that when you get into "that place" that nothing else matters to you at that particular moment. You are gone. All rational thinking is done for. You are in a zone where all you can do is follow your emotions. What we hope for is that with the right medication and therapy is that our brain chemicals dont go wacky too often. We learn to control our behaviors for the most part and we try to control our environments so that we dont put ourselves in situations that we know are going to trigger bad reactions. Of course, that is something that an adult can control. A kid cannot control a situation that they find themselves in for the most part. They cannot say what classes they take or where they go every day. An adult can mostly. Parents can help a kid out. Watch what triggers them. For me its crowds, stress, the holidays, commotions, too much stimuli, things like that and I will go into a meltdown. Its not pretty. Im just telling you these things to try to help you understand what is like to be your kid. It isnt easy. If he or she needs to be in a hospital for a short time to get some help to sort it out, then thats ok too. Sometimes that makes things easier because hospitals are calm places. [/QUOTE]
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