Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 6/28/2008

Question
my daughter 30 has been realy mentaly ill for id say 6 years after trying to get her digionaised for bypoloar 5 years ago she run away , she come back 3 weeks ago and went to the city to get a job and disapered for 3 weeks , wont go to dr but meets someone and just heads off for day or nigh and then we have drama in middle of night , the cat team at the hospital says unless she seeks help we cant help her but i have to say she is so shut down she cant see she needs help but knows someting is wrong but is so in the moment cant see what , what can we do as we need to get her on meds for a chance to change life and maybe get to see her two sons she has not seen for 5 years , she says she wants to but then cant get her self to do the things like see the dr, we are so needy to help her give her a chance to make choices that they tell us she should make but she cant she is emotialay shut down
annette

Answer
Hello annette,

I know what you are talking about. It is so difficult to get somebody to see that they need help. Unfortunately treatment needs a client to be motivated.

Sometime it helps to read:

The Values Clarification at our web site to see if there are any values that could motivate a person to seek treatment. Please search our web site for VALUES CLARIFICATION.

Most Bipolar people benefit from the hypoglycemic diet that seems to even out moods.

Most of the drugs prescribed by psychiatrists have nasty side effects, and this could be a reason why she refuses to see a doctor. But fortunately most side effects of drugs can be countered by nutritional means. In case you manage to get her to see a psychiatrist, ask also for a referral to a Nutritional Doctor, or a Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist. A good book is Werbach: Nutritional Influences on Mental Illness. Search our web site.

Please read:

Self-help Personal Growth Psychotherapy at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/self-help_personal_growth.html

and use our search engine to get to a specifi topic. For instance research the use of lecithin at our web site to treat mania.

Also read:

Nutritional Aspects of Schizophrenia at:
http://curezone.com/upload/Newsletter/Hypoglycemic_He/HYPONL2001_06.pdf
and go to page 7 of Newsletter.

which has information applying to Bipolar Disorder as well. See also:

Treatments for Bipolar Disorder at:
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#B

Ask for a referral to a Nutritional Doctor, a Clinical Nutritionist or a Nutritional Psychologist if he wants to.

get as much information as to treatments for Bipolar Disorder. If she is a reader perhaps get her to read articles as well.

I so hope that you can find a solution, and please let me know if you have any further questions.

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Jurriaan Plesman
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman