Re: bipolar disorder - Sara

[Guest guest]

Thanks Elaine,

That's interesting stuff.

I thought I'd be upset by this (although don't know it exists for sure

of course) but it's actually made me feel much better. I suppose the

problem was always there and it helps to identify it.

It's funny that bipolar normally comes on much later because the way I

am thinking at the moment is that Tom has been bipolar from birth

whereas the autism was probably caused by vaccines.

(This is all guess work) but I'm now thinking they might both be milder

than I thought but that each would exacerbate the other, i.e. if you're

unable to communicate with the world and you are feeling depressed (low)

then it's going to make it even harder to communicate while at the same

time making you more depressed. That's the way I'm thinking now.

Even without working on the bipolar (if it exists) it's like a real

breakthrough for me towards understanding him better.

For those of you that know people with bipolar disorder have you got any

tips (or can you ask the people you know for tips?) please on how to be

with him, how to treat him or act around him, ? (particularly when he is

down which, in his case, manifests as severely withdrawn)

Thanks very much,

Sara x