Bipolarfams

Mother of a son with SMI (bipolar 1) trying to cope. What helps you? Aotearoa NZ. Runs a support group for whānau. Also poems. #familieslikemine

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

Anyone in Aotearoa New Zealand who is supporting whānau living with mental illness, get in touch, let’s peer support our way through this shitfest/tragedy/recovery

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

@Eva_Anthea Yes one does mean something … good idea

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

How do you cope when you see people you know that you were really manic/psychotic last time you saw them and it’s embarrassing, traumatic and you want to prove to them you are well now, you are not that person? But you can’t say hi. Asking for a friend

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

@FionaNaylor2 Thanks 🙏🏽

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stoney ground

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

Lithium down, olanzapine and ssri up, feels like teetering on the edge.

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

@jelenaoreilly I often think the distinction is somewhat artificial. Not in symptoms, which differ, but in being defined as ND or not. Clearly both what we call mental illnesses and neurodivergence are both brain based phenomenon.

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

Will a minister for mental health help mh services, if 6% of the budget is getting cut across all ministries?

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

@NewshubNZ @JailBre18534267 Big issue for everyone but for people with mental health issues, when you combine this crisis with the fact many people are inappropriately discharged early from wards, early intervention services and CMHT to GPs, it’s little wonder they fall through the gaps.

[Newshub @NewshubNZ]

If you've found it hard to get a doctor's appointment recently, there's a simple reason: GPs are in crisis mode. Investigations correspondent Michael Morrah has more https://t.co/t7tpcsYdhk #Newshub

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

I just signed - will you join me? https://t.co/OBzMDKLfsn via @actionstation

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

Why so many trolls following this account?

[amandasorenson🦋 @welcomeandhello]

Schizophrenia & maturity, as in stable, socially active, independent & able to make choices & decisions for one’s happiness, can occur in a good recovery. It has been a surprise & delight to c my daughter’s maturation. She has seriously challenged my expectations re possibilities

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

Psychiatry pro tip:
If you are suspicious but not certain your patient is manic, they almost certainly are not.

The bleeding of "mania" leads to significant overmedication and inappropriate prescriptions of substances that (though helpful for BD) have significant SEs"

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

At least 300 people killed & another 1,000 injured in #Gaza while seeking protection under @UN flag 🇺🇳 in @UNRWA shelters in #Gaza
In the past 3 months, international humanitarian law has been violated way too many times. Civilian facilities including UN buildings are #NotATarget

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

@xroachesandrats @SophieCharMH Yes, please seek some professional help… just to get checked out … physical symptoms as well show depression severity so it would be wise to keep safe x

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"This is my wife taking a nap. In an hour she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work.

The tools and items she needs to perform her job will be gathered and checked meticulously - her hair and makeup will be done quickly. She will complain that she looks awful. I will disagree, emphatically, and get her a cup of coffee.

She will sit on the couch with her legs crossed under her and try to drink it while happily playing with the toddler that's crawling all over her.

She will occasionally stare off blankly as we talk; silently steeling herself for the coming shift. She thinks I don't notice.

She will kiss the baby, she will kiss me and she will leave to go take care of people that are having the worst day of their entire lives:

Car wrecks, gunshot wounds, explosions, burns and breaks - professionals, poor, pastors, addicts and prostitutes - mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and families - it doesn't matter who you are or what happened to you.

She will take care of you.

She will come home 14 hours later and remove shoes that have walked through blood, bile, tears and fire from aching feet and leave them outside.

Sometimes she will not want to talk about it. Sometimes she can't wait to talk about it.

Sometimes she will laugh until she cries and sometimes she will just cry - but regardless of those sometimes she will be on time for her next shift.

My wife is a nurse. My wife is a hero."

Credit: Bobby Wesson

[Bipolarfams @schizofams]

Another child, training to be a doctor, had their psych round in an acute inpatient ward. Me: ‘How was it?’ Them: ‘Really great, after you get over the sadness of it all’.

[Daniel Smith @ProfDanielSmith]

Thanks to @STVNews for covering our HELIOS-BD study last night. Now open for volunteers with #bipolardisorder in #Scotland @EdinburghUni @BipolarScotland
https://t.co/0V6dlktFWS

[Bipolar UK @BipolarUK]

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