[egannacht]

Every bi-polar I know is violent without their meds.

[Winstons Julia]

That’s not typical. For bipolar, at least. It may be typical for psychotic or schizophrenic.

They can often be confused.

[piytar]

Likewise. It also seems to be part of the disorder that they think they are “cured” when the meds are working, so they stop taking them...

[Uri’el-2012]

Every bi-polar I know is violent without their meds.

SSRIs kill !

[married21]

I know four bi-polars. One killed someone.

[Straight Vermonter]

You know many bipolar people who are not violent. You just don’t know that they are bipolar.

[dalebert]

lucky me ...the bipolar people i know are not violent without meds....schizophrenics are violent.

[I still care]

I do know some non violent bipolars, but when those meds stop working, the part of the brain that controls impulses and rational thought kicks out, leaving the moods in control.

My husband was bipolar, and I can tell you under the right circumstances he was very unsafe. I spent my entire married life “watching the cat”. He was an extremely loving, good man, but it’s a true psychosis - watch out if they start to percieve something threatening that ain’t so.

The delusions were really rough.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

That’s why I won’t ever stop taking my meds.I don’t want to have kids.I couldn’t handle it and I’d have to stop taking my meds.Never,never,never!