Is it true that a lot of people with bipolar disorder get killed by police? I have mild form of bipolar disorder, and I get scared and paranoid that not all of them are trained, I hide my symptoms of Autism and bipolar disorder when talking to them.
Mentally I’ll people in general have a higher than normal chance of getting killed by the police.
It happens.
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Although my symptoms of Bipolar Disorder is mild, because I am stable with medications, I am having a serious mental health crisis, but to a milder degree, and Bipolar and Related Disorders comes from the same phenomena of a serious pathological psychological highs and lows.
I hope that I am correct. One person scared me and said that my school psychologist could have killed me, because I have Bipolar Disorder and that a lot of people with Bipolar Disorder get killed by police. And I had to explain so many times to that person that I can use my social skills to hide my severe pathologist highs and lows and seep some of it out to the police when him and I build trust, so he can help me. I was not killed, the police officer was amazed that I am still in control, very intelligent, seem to think clearly and do very well in school, even though deep inside, I am suffering and just wanted help.
This person scared me to the core, and he still continued to scare me that I could get killed, just because I have mental health crisis. Give me a break, I am stable with medications to the point where I can sometimes control my emotions, and use my social skills to proof to police officers not to be afraid of me, even though I have pathological psychological highs and lows.
How long have you had bipolar?
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I had it my all life, but I was not diagnosed until age 15, It was untreated for so long that I had severe psychosis, and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features from ICD-10.
Well you have been safe so far. So i wouldnt worry about cops.
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I know that I recently suffered from mild hallucinations from too much stress from watching War crimes on Ukraine, but I hope that police officers understand that I am more stable and have ten times more reality than people with severe Schizophrenia or Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
I hope I am much more stable and have ten times more intact reality than people with severe Schizophrenia or Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
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Pregabalin really helped my anxiety a lot.
Would recommend trying it if your pdoc permits it
Got me out of a right ■■■■ mess
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