Posted by llurpsienoodle on October 17, 2008, at 21:28:06
In reply to Re: Mental Illness in Your...., posted by muffled on October 17, 2008, at 20:28:00
Funny,
I was just talking with T today about older brother. I had never really given T a good idea of the depth of disorder that surrounded me growing up. He was rather amazed to hear that older brother was in psychiatric hospital for a year.He did help me reframe something, however. Since my older bro is functional bipolar I without any treatment, just by sheer willpower, it demonstrates a lot of resilience in my family. Not that my older bro doesn't suffer any, not that he couldn't benefit from treatment... BUT...somehow he manages to support his family, and his kids are absolutely hilarious clever little gems, with nary a noncompliant bone in their body.
just because I have an older brother with Hx of severe bipolar1, (and dad with aspergers, and uncle with schizo and ... and and...! the list just goes on and on!) it doesn't doom me to a life of misery.
Also, knowing my family's mental health history helped me figure out how best to manage my mood disorder. So, the only med that ever helped my older bro was lithium. Well, it kind of makes sense that I do better on a mood stabilizer as well.
-Ll
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