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Wife not getting medications- need to unload-kinda long
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 332301" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I read somewhere that 60% of all bipolars are non-compliant on their medications. I think the reasons range from with being too confused to fill their own medication to not liking the side effects (I have quit medications myself for this reason...at times I felt worse on certain medications) to them thinking they just don't need them. Do you think she forgets or just doesn't want to take them? If she doesn't want to take them, are you open to hearing her explain why? If it's side effects, medications can be adjusted or changed. I'll tell you right now, I HATE MOOD STABILIZERS. They dull me into zombieness and I can't stand the feeling. However, I don't seem to need a mood stabilizer and I take the other medications that do help me without making me feel out of it.</p><p></p><p>If she doesn't want to comply, I really don't know how to make her do it. She doesn't have to take them. She's an adult...a pain, I know, but she can choose to be non-compliant. If she simply forgets, and you need her to be more stable, then, as big a pain as it seems, maybe you should get them for her. </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you are going through this. I have a few diagnoses myself and without medications I can't really control my anger, which is why I take them religiously. For me, therapy doesn't work if I'm not on my medication.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can make your wife see that she does need something and that if medication A doesn't work or makes her feel worse, there are other options. Take care and hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 332301, member: 1550"] I read somewhere that 60% of all bipolars are non-compliant on their medications. I think the reasons range from with being too confused to fill their own medication to not liking the side effects (I have quit medications myself for this reason...at times I felt worse on certain medications) to them thinking they just don't need them. Do you think she forgets or just doesn't want to take them? If she doesn't want to take them, are you open to hearing her explain why? If it's side effects, medications can be adjusted or changed. I'll tell you right now, I HATE MOOD STABILIZERS. They dull me into zombieness and I can't stand the feeling. However, I don't seem to need a mood stabilizer and I take the other medications that do help me without making me feel out of it. If she doesn't want to comply, I really don't know how to make her do it. She doesn't have to take them. She's an adult...a pain, I know, but she can choose to be non-compliant. If she simply forgets, and you need her to be more stable, then, as big a pain as it seems, maybe you should get them for her. I'm sorry you are going through this. I have a few diagnoses myself and without medications I can't really control my anger, which is why I take them religiously. For me, therapy doesn't work if I'm not on my medication. I hope you can make your wife see that she does need something and that if medication A doesn't work or makes her feel worse, there are other options. Take care and hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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