Family & Friends of Bipolar Support Group
This community is dedicated to parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives and friends of someone who is Bipolar. The purpose of this community is to help families and friends develop greater patience and understanding, as well as maintain a positive, caring relationships with those diagnosed as Bipolar.
My adult Bipolar son disappears on some wild escapade when in a manic state, then will not answer his phone. Then he will call at like 3 a.m. in the next town desparate and afraid and ask me to come and get him. What should I do? I don't want to enable him, but I am so afraid he will get hurt if I don't accomodate him.
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
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Wow, it's the middle of the week already!Today is our 11 year anniversary, so we're going out to a nice dinner. I'm losing a lot of sleep these days, hence a wonky schedule and uncomfortable feelings. But I know it will pass, eventually.I hope all of you have a peaceful day, and may good things come your way!
If it is genuinely a bipolar episode then yes he probably is frightened and vulnerable - many people have no real knowledge on what they did while they are truely manic so it must be scary to find yourself somewhere unfamiliar and no knowledge of how you got there.
Is he on meds?