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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 306866"><p>I do wonder if her daughter would consent to signing a waiver at the doctor's office allowing the doctor to speak with the mother. Perhaps as soon as she is in a more stable state of mind, this should be addressed.</p><p> </p><p>It would concern me that she is abusing alcohol and may be heading toward a dependence issue.</p><p> </p><p>What type of physician is the daughter seeing? Is she seeing a therapist? She likely should be seeing a therapist, as well as a doctor for her medication. Are you able to speak with your niece? Sometimes another relative has more influence than a parent.</p><p> </p><p>Your niece should begin formulating a sort of little support group...a "go to" group in her head of persons to seek advice from when she feels hypomanic. This COULD be you and a therapist, FOR EXAMPLE. It very well might NOT be mom. She could use this technique called the "two person feedback rule." This simply means if two folks in her support group (folks she really trusts) tell her something is not good for her, then she has to seriously consider stopping the behavior. </p><p> </p><p>These techniques and others can be taught be a therapist interested in bipolar disorder. Until she sees a therapist who is interested in this disorder...one she trusts...she wont be getting the skills she needs. This, in my humble opinion, might be the best thing mom could do...steer her into the hands of a skill professional...AND by the way, it could be a Mental Health Counselor or a social worker...not necessarily a Ph.D. psychologist</p><p> </p><p>As a side note....of course this person whill emphasize the importance of taking medications daily and discourage (strongly) the use of alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Also...mom might pay careful attention to see if daughter is abusing alcohol in a major way. I'm not too sure if there is a lot she can do about it, but if this is an issue, AA might be something to consider.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sending good thoughts...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 306866"] I do wonder if her daughter would consent to signing a waiver at the doctor's office allowing the doctor to speak with the mother. Perhaps as soon as she is in a more stable state of mind, this should be addressed. It would concern me that she is abusing alcohol and may be heading toward a dependence issue. What type of physician is the daughter seeing? Is she seeing a therapist? She likely should be seeing a therapist, as well as a doctor for her medication. Are you able to speak with your niece? Sometimes another relative has more influence than a parent. Your niece should begin formulating a sort of little support group...a "go to" group in her head of persons to seek advice from when she feels hypomanic. This COULD be you and a therapist, FOR EXAMPLE. It very well might NOT be mom. She could use this technique called the "two person feedback rule." This simply means if two folks in her support group (folks she really trusts) tell her something is not good for her, then she has to seriously consider stopping the behavior. These techniques and others can be taught be a therapist interested in bipolar disorder. Until she sees a therapist who is interested in this disorder...one she trusts...she wont be getting the skills she needs. This, in my humble opinion, might be the best thing mom could do...steer her into the hands of a skill professional...AND by the way, it could be a Mental Health Counselor or a social worker...not necessarily a Ph.D. psychologist As a side note....of course this person whill emphasize the importance of taking medications daily and discourage (strongly) the use of alcohol. Also...mom might pay careful attention to see if daughter is abusing alcohol in a major way. I'm not too sure if there is a lot she can do about it, but if this is an issue, AA might be something to consider. Sending good thoughts... [/QUOTE]
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