tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840389743507575564.post1318944921974549997..comments2024-01-10T23:40:16.200-05:00Comments on Finding My Way: Journey of an Uppity Intellectual Activist Crip: All People Who are Bipolar are ViolentCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10665407473272299474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840389743507575564.post-83059710976361420742011-12-07T16:32:27.359-05:002011-12-07T16:32:27.359-05:00I think you were on the right track--I know the fe...I think you were on the right track--I know the feeling. I do a lot of online adovocacy for my disorder--Tourette Syndrome. They often ask if everybody/why "everbody" with Tourette's swears all the time. And I feel it's my responsibility, if I answer at all, that I must acknowledge both the majority of TSers who do not have swearing as a symptom, and the minority--myself included, who do. And mention how very embarassing it is to go to Walmart or somewhere else public, and be yelling or even just whispering--things you wouldn't say if you could control it. And also put in perspective how disabling, physically, TS can be too...and yet how many people with it are not disabled by it other than social anxiety it causes...and yadda yadda yadda! I know all about the meds issues--people with Tourette's are given dopamine blockers--yes, say hello to Haldol, Fluphenazine, Risperdal, Abilify, etc etc. As first line treatments. And on those medications, I had horrible depression...my CNS doesn't like its dopamine to be messed with... It's such a mixed-up world, it is, with these labels and those of us who advocate--I want to say what is true but also put a better spin on the common stigmas pertaining to my condition--and that's exactly what you're trying to do, as well. It's very difficult, getting that medium of understanding vs stigma, and yet adhering to satistical fact. And, yeah, most with Bipolar, schizoaffective, and Tourette's, and CP--are not violent. But some are. And who's to say, if those who are, had better outlets for their frustration would be less apt to violence?Voxinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970161949292719511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840389743507575564.post-57558208777937983502011-02-05T17:15:20.398-05:002011-02-05T17:15:20.398-05:00Thanks for commenting. I don't even think that...Thanks for commenting. I don't even think that unmedicated manic people are all that much more likely to be violent then anyone else. Sexually, financially, & otherwise much more irresponsible, yes, but irresponsibility isn't violence.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10665407473272299474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840389743507575564.post-64377220390051060012011-02-05T14:00:05.667-05:002011-02-05T14:00:05.667-05:00I think that you needed to say that most people wi...I think that you needed to say that most people with bipolar are NOT violent, and it is a condition that CAN be treated with medication. (If the person with bipolar will take it.....my husband has a hard time taking meds as he is usually in a manic state, which he ENJOYS.....)rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817042750959998664noreply@blogger.com