Article: My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

[jwirr]

27. Thank you for this. I also wonder just how effective the mental health complex is. For one thing

many of the drugs they give have some bad side effects. It is hard to say what my brother would have been like if he had not used them.

My grandson talks with me about his problems with anger - has a hair trigger temper. He has gone another route. He uses pot as a medication to control the anger. I often wonder how my brother would have done with that instead of all those side effects. But I guess that is one of the things that the complex is very afraid of - that pot might actually work.

And from our society - yes we need to learn to have patience with those who are different. They need space to do things their way as long as that way is not going to hurt others. Most of us in our family have learned that because we love the members who do have it.

I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of families that include those who can function quite well but still clearly have bi-polar?