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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 593739" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would like to share what I learned when I was in a p-hospital for ten weeks, back in the day when you could actually stay until you were well on your way to improvement. Because at least half my time there was spent while I was no longer at my very worst, I would talk to the other patients and socialize big time, asking questions which most patients were very willing to answer. It puzzled me that many people with bipolar would end up back in the hospital once a year and then spend the rest of the year stable, so I asked the patients about that. This was in summer.</p><p></p><p>The patients basically said that around spring/summer they would get so manic that their medications could no longer hold down their mania and they felt like they didn't need their medications anymore so they'd start going to bars, drinking, picking up men and eventually stopping medications altogether until they spiraled and ended up in the hospital. It was not bad behavior. It was due to the time of year and mania. Literally 3 days to a week after being back on the Lithium, which was the only choice then, they'd be talking and interacting normally, just like a person who was not mentally ill. It was a quick transformation once back on medications. </p><p></p><p>I remember one patient leaving. As she lifted her luggage, she looked at the nurses and laughed and good-naturedly said, "Bye! See y'all next year!" </p><p></p><p>I guess this is common when the sun is out a lot and the weather is nice. Of course, these patients had full blown psychotic mania, but in my opinion it's the same concept. Maybe not. thought I'd share though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Mania feels great to the person experiencing it, not so much to the caretakers who have to keep the person in control. I can see people getting addicted to mania. Depression? You can't talk me into thinking anyone enjoys that horrible feeling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 593739, member: 1550"] I would like to share what I learned when I was in a p-hospital for ten weeks, back in the day when you could actually stay until you were well on your way to improvement. Because at least half my time there was spent while I was no longer at my very worst, I would talk to the other patients and socialize big time, asking questions which most patients were very willing to answer. It puzzled me that many people with bipolar would end up back in the hospital once a year and then spend the rest of the year stable, so I asked the patients about that. This was in summer. The patients basically said that around spring/summer they would get so manic that their medications could no longer hold down their mania and they felt like they didn't need their medications anymore so they'd start going to bars, drinking, picking up men and eventually stopping medications altogether until they spiraled and ended up in the hospital. It was not bad behavior. It was due to the time of year and mania. Literally 3 days to a week after being back on the Lithium, which was the only choice then, they'd be talking and interacting normally, just like a person who was not mentally ill. It was a quick transformation once back on medications. I remember one patient leaving. As she lifted her luggage, she looked at the nurses and laughed and good-naturedly said, "Bye! See y'all next year!" I guess this is common when the sun is out a lot and the weather is nice. Of course, these patients had full blown psychotic mania, but in my opinion it's the same concept. Maybe not. thought I'd share though :) Mania feels great to the person experiencing it, not so much to the caretakers who have to keep the person in control. I can see people getting addicted to mania. Depression? You can't talk me into thinking anyone enjoys that horrible feeling. [/QUOTE]
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