Bipolar Disorder/spouse-bipolar

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Expert: - 8/24/2007


Question
how can a person with this illness justify his actions not to be their fault and blame everyone else.  And when you see the signs that they need to get med's checked, they become more irritable, and don't think there is anything wrong? Male-44 years old

Answer
Hello Sara,
It is always difficult to help a person with Bipolar Disorder, when that person is not prepared to recognized he needs help.
It is best to discuss this with the psychiatrist and see what can be done.

A lot of BP people benefit from going on a hypoglycemic diet. This helps to stabilize blood sugar levels and therefore stress hormones. It helps to dampen the manic phase by supplementing with lecithin. This contains 10% phosphatydilcholine that has a calming effects. But this should not be taken in the depressive stage. Search our web site for "Lecithin". A good book on the Nutritional Aspects of mental Illness is:

Werbach,M.R.(1991), NUTRITIONAL INFLUENCES ON MENTAL ILLNESS, A Sourcebook of Clinical Research, Third Line Pres, Inc.Tarzana. Cal.

It is always easier to handle a Bipolar Person, once you understand the underlying biochemical mechanism at work.

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

I hope I have been of some help.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

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BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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