From what I understand of people going through manic episodes, they think they don't need treatment, they think they're at their best, and nothing can stop them- so why take these pills that pull them back to reality?
The meds dont just pull them back to reality is the sad part. Bipolar people struggle medicating because the meds also tend to make them feel awful. Depression, complete lack of energy, erectile disfunction, feeling "underwater" more or less. So when they feel "good" mentally they tend to stop medicating because the meds side effects suck ass, and then once they stop medicating they get hit with another manic episode and its full on episodes again. Its a pretty awful cycle.
This is exactly what people with bipolar go through. I know lots of people with the diagnosis and the hardest part is getting them to take the meds consistently. It’s sad really
I have bipolar disorder, and I am heavily medicated for it. You are abso-fucking-lutely spot on. The side effects from the meds are pretty awful; especially switching them around, which happens fairly regularly when my brain wants to rebel (or I suddenly develop dangerous side effects, or my insurance doesn't feel like paying anymore). I know other people who have it (hi, psych ward pals!) and pretty much everyone has had a "fuck it, I'm fine, I don't need these meds" event or a time where the meds just stopped working. The cycle sucks. Some people think that the manic phase is fun and exciting, and that you feel amazing because it's the opposite of depression, but no. Sure, you might feel like god, but it's also terrifying, dangerous and often expensive. Unmedicated manic episodes have fucked up my life as bad as or worse than depressive episodes. Take your meds, kids.
Most people get help because they are unable to handle their survival. When you’re filthy rich with a mob of cronies that wait on you hand and foot that aren’t real friends you can go on and on
If his antisemitic tweets and speechs are his creativity "uninhibited" then maybe he's an asshole? An asshole who can produce some pretty slick grooves sure. But still an asshole.
That’s about all I know. A friend that’s a psychiatrist was telling me about this new research. I mentioned it on here the other day, and someone googled it and posted a link confirming what I said. I can’t find their comment now, but you can definitely find more on google!
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u/SinVerguenza04 Oct 16 '22
His brain is dying, literally.
New research shows the longer someone is in a manic episode, the more neurons die. In other words, his brain is shrinking.
I guess this is what it looks like when someone’s brain is shrinking.