Can people who are Bi Polar be dangerous?

Question

My daughter refuses to get help, and she is cursing everybody out. I just want to know if they can be violent?

Thank you so much everyone. I am getting great feedback. She is my oldest child. She is 31 yrs old with 2 children, moving from house to house. She is at my mothers' house now, which is not good because my mother is in total denial about her condition. In her mind, nothing is wrong with her grandchild.

Answer 1

I have been diagnosed Bi-Polar with psychotic features. Sounds bad doesn't it? It doesn't mean I am going to go out and hack people up in their sleep or anything, but, what happens to me is that my first and natural reaction when provoked (on some rare occasions there doesn't even have to be provocation), is to strike out violently. When I am having a Manic episode, I tend to be much more rude, meaner, mouthier, and much like your daughter, there is a lot of cursing towards everyone going on. I rarly have Depressive episodes, and when I am stable, I stay in a Hypo-Manic state which both my doctor and I are perfectly satisfied with because I can keep myself under control and I take my medds regulalrly rather than decide to self-medicate as I tend to do when Manic or Depressed. I have personally gotten into serious trouble a few times while in a Manic state and done some very dangerous things - I haven't done anything as of yet that mecessarily made me much of a danger to others, but I have been considered a danger to myself. However, I also don't have any children at this point in time either.
It seems like your daughter seems to seek some professional help - even if she hasn't yet been diagnosed with Bi-Polar, she definitely needs to get some help to see what is going on with her. She doesn't seem to have a stable lifestyle and is draggin her kids along behind her which is not providing them with a stable lifestyle either. It is a shame that your mother can't see that such behavior is a harm to her great-grand-children even if she is in denial about your daughter. That is no way for children to live, being moved around from place to place, and she should be considering what is best for them, it is very sad that she doesn't want to believe you when you tell her something is wrong.
People suffering from Bi-Polar who aren't on medication or who are self-medicating and/or aren't having their meds regulating are very unpredicatable. Their mood swings can be very drastic and extremely unexpected. Right now they can be happy and cheerful and 5 minutes from now, they are crying and swearing at you and breaking things all over the house. Tomorrow they will act like today didn't even happen and they will go on with their lives. Nothing may happen for a few days and then it will start all over again. Mania can cause them to do very unlikely things - they can go on shopping sprees and spend money they know they don't have, steal things, drive recklessly with no regards towards other drivers or the passengers they have in their own vehicle, mutilate their bodies with piercings or tattoos (I myself have done this many times), things that are way out of their usual comfort zone, etc. When they are having a depressive episode, they may not get out of bed, their personal hygiene suffers, they might not eat, they may mutilate their bodies by cutting or biting themselves, they may drink a lot or take drugs, etc.
If your daughter is absolutely refusing to get any type of help at all, and you are serious about her needing help and are afraid for the safety of your grandchildren, you should get a mental hygiene warrant and have it served on your daughter. It will get her put into a mental health facility at your local hospital (in my state it's for a minimum of 30 if it's done with a warrant) and she will get all the help she needs. They will determine what exact illness she has and dignose her to get her started on some medication to help treat her. They will put her in group therapy, they will get her medication regulated, get her put with a doctor that knows how to deal specifically with what it is she has wrong with her. When she is finished with her stay, they will schedule her to see the doctor she was assigned while in the hospital, and they will set her up with an out patient counseling service to attend sessions for a period of time after she leaves the hospital. That's what happens here in my state, and it seems to be quite effective. My fiance's uncle had that experience, and he is in wonderful shape now. I personally spent 17 days in a Behavioral Health Unit in a local hospital as well - I checked myself in after having some hallucinations due to a lack of medications regulations and had the option to check myself in and leave when to doctor said I could or letting my mother do it and having to stay the 30 days. It was a great help and a great experience to me. I hope that things get better for your family and that your daughter gets the help she really needs.

Answer 2

I have been diagnosed bipolar by a psychologist. I have been in trouble with police quite often. I'm fine most of the time but I have constant flashbacks that set me off. I'll take risks. The only drug that has helped me is the opiates. The high from this drug makes nothing bother me. But once it wears off I immediately lose sleep, begin cursing out god which may not even exist, write mean things online too. It's a sickness that has locked people like me away for life. I have been mistreated as depressed and prescribed antidepressants that fail. Lithium helps, but nothing works like opiates for me. Anger creeps up like a flu creeps up. Just ignore the flu and it goes away? Nope. You have to understand you are sick and try to find a drug that helps you. If you sit back and ignore the symptoms it will either get you killed or wishing you could go back in time; wishing you did something when it's already too late like prisoners on death row are thinking right now.

Answer 3

Are Bipolar People Dangerous

Answer 4

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Can people who are Bi Polar be dangerous?
My daughter refuses to get help, and she is cursing everybody out. I just want to know if they can be violent?

Answer 5

Yes and just as much to there selves as others. The cursing is what is known as mania in bipolar. Normally if left untreated it can continue to worsen. 1in 6 bipolar people will commit suicide. 1-4 that have manic episodes will become violent. Unfortunately unless a minor most states will not force treatment until they pose a significant threat to themselves or someone else. watch her

Answer 6

Yes and so can a person without bipolar. Its the part of Bipolar of her Inability to control he impulses.Its not to say having Bipolar makes her a violent person. Also not to say oh no she is bipolar I should fear her. No its a matter of combinations of medications anger management and identifying her trigger's. A therapist or behavioral counselor can work on this with her.But you have to do this as a family .If she is under 18 she can not refuse treatment.
You as her mother also need support for yourself.

National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/

Here Is another


Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
And
http://www.support4hope.com/

Answer 7

Yes, in their manic phase...usually become erratic and hyper because they don't sleep all that much in the phase. If it gets too bad i'd take her to a psychiatrist...to prescribe some anti-anxiety meds to bring her down..Xanax or Valium possibly.

Answer 8

i would watch them. if someone is bipolar then that is a mood disorder involving high and low moods. they may be laughing and joking one second and the next there pissed out of thier minds throwing stuff around

Answer 9

Yes, such people do harm to other as well as themselves like killing other and commuting suicide etc.

Answer 10

Yes, they can do harm to themselves or to others. This includes murder and suicide.