Re: Off board topics but I'm so happy again today

[Guest guest]

Oh a topic I know so well. I am able to understand it more and more

and have great patience when it comes to otehrs but when it comes to

my daughter I dont seem tohave patience. I do hope your friend finds

the help that she needs and as you stated counseling is such a big

thing for them and their medication.....

Sandie

>

> I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I first

> started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was

hooked

> on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had

been

> previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and out

of

> suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

(Incidentally, I

> don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and

> anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but

I've

> never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she has

her

> first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to

> accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know she's

> excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the rest

of

> her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having suffered

> from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her

family

> just " doesn't get it. " Sounds like lots of our friends and family,

> doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my

> friends so there it is.

>

[Guest guest]

Oh a topic I know so well. I am able to understand it more and more

and have great patience when it comes to otehrs but when it comes to

my daughter I dont seem tohave patience. I do hope your friend finds

the help that she needs and as you stated counseling is such a big

thing for them and their medication.....

Sandie

>

> I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I first

> started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was

hooked

> on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had

been

> previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and out

of

> suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

(Incidentally, I

> don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and

> anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but

I've

> never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she has

her

> first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to

> accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know she's

> excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the rest

of

> her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having suffered

> from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her

family

> just " doesn't get it. " Sounds like lots of our friends and family,

> doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my

> friends so there it is.

>

[Guest guest]

I actually have one friend who sometimes when talking to me refers to

her 17 year old daughter as " your daughter " meaning mine. Its because

she is so totally opposite from her mother and so much more like me.

So, I understand her, can predict her actions and talking to me helps

her mother understand her better. Her mother is an incredible mother,

but is so totally opposite its just a challenge for her to understand

aspects of her daughter's personality. I've never even met her

daughter, just know her from her mother. But her daughter does laugh

and like it when I take her side and tell her mother I'm with her on

this. Her mother will let her read it on the computer, knowing she'll

get a kick out of it. And, I think it helps her to know that her

mother does try to understand her, just struggles a bit at it.

> >

> > I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I

first

> > started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was

> hooked

> > on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had

> been

> > previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and

out

> of

> > suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

> (Incidentally, I

> > don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and

> > anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but

> I've

> > never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she

has

> her

> > first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to

> > accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know

she's

> > excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the

rest

> of

> > her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having

suffered

> > from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her

> family

> > just " doesn't get it. " Sounds like lots of our friends and

family,

> > doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my

> > friends so there it is.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I actually have one friend who sometimes when talking to me refers to

her 17 year old daughter as " your daughter " meaning mine. Its because

she is so totally opposite from her mother and so much more like me.

So, I understand her, can predict her actions and talking to me helps

her mother understand her better. Her mother is an incredible mother,

but is so totally opposite its just a challenge for her to understand

aspects of her daughter's personality. I've never even met her

daughter, just know her from her mother. But her daughter does laugh

and like it when I take her side and tell her mother I'm with her on

this. Her mother will let her read it on the computer, knowing she'll

get a kick out of it. And, I think it helps her to know that her

mother does try to understand her, just struggles a bit at it.

> >

> > I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I

first

> > started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was

> hooked

> > on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had

> been

> > previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and

out

> of

> > suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

> (Incidentally, I

> > don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and

> > anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but

> I've

> > never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she

has

> her

> > first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to

> > accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know

she's

> > excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the

rest

> of

> > her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having

suffered

> > from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her

> family

> > just " doesn't get it. " Sounds like lots of our friends and

family,

> > doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my

> > friends so there it is.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I actually have one friend who sometimes when talking to me refers to

her 17 year old daughter as " your daughter " meaning mine. Its because

she is so totally opposite from her mother and so much more like me.

So, I understand her, can predict her actions and talking to me helps

her mother understand her better. Her mother is an incredible mother,

but is so totally opposite its just a challenge for her to understand

aspects of her daughter's personality. I've never even met her

daughter, just know her from her mother. But her daughter does laugh

and like it when I take her side and tell her mother I'm with her on

this. Her mother will let her read it on the computer, knowing she'll

get a kick out of it. And, I think it helps her to know that her

mother does try to understand her, just struggles a bit at it.

> >

> > I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I

first

> > started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was

> hooked

> > on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had

> been

> > previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and

out

> of

> > suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular basis.

> (Incidentally, I

> > don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and

> > anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but

> I've

> > never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she

has

> her

> > first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to

> > accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know

she's

> > excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the

rest

> of

> > her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having

suffered

> > from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her

> family

> > just " doesn't get it. " Sounds like lots of our friends and

family,

> > doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my

> > friends so there it is.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Bruce....she is lucky to have you to guide her. So many folks in her position must struggle through the quagmire of mis-diagnosis, bad therapists, etc. jimBruce Moreland wrote: I have a dear friend who has been unhappy a long time. When I first started chatting with her online and talking by phone, she was hooked on xanax she was getting online and had suicidal times. She had been previously diagnosed as bipolar. I talked her off the xanax and out of suicide and back to a psychiatrist on a regular

basis. (Incidentally, I don't think she is bipolar, just suffers from bad depression and anxiety. She's done impulsive things as depressed people do, but I've never seen a sign of mania. Well, now, after all this time, she has her first appointment with a counselor. I'm going there in January to accompany her and be there to comfort her after it as I know she's excited but scared as well. But, I see it as the start of the rest of her life and finding some happiness. One benefit of having suffered from mental illnesses is that you can understand others and her family just "doesn't get it." Sounds like lots of our friends and family, doesn't it. Well, I just had to share with someone and you are my friends so there it is.

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