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goddess sparkle · 09-09-2003, 10:53 AM

a person who i love more than anything in the world is disapearing. she has done it before, when i didn't know her and came so close to dying. if i lose her, i don't know what i will do. i would die for her if it meant she could be happy even for a day. she is making horrible choices one after the other. she is bipolar and she takes seroquel, but she drinks almost all the time. she goes to an ivy league college, and the pressure is getting to her again. i talked to her yesterday and she has reverted back to her old self- she is not going to class, she is drinking all the time, she is having unprotected sex with people she doesn't really know and she is tricking her therapist through it all. i know i can't save her and i know i am basically helpless in this situation. but is there ANY thing i can do. if you are bipolar yourself, i wonder if you might tell me what you need when you are spiraling out of control. is it even possible for her to ever come out of it? i feel so hopeless and sad. i don't know what to do for her. i try and try and try to be a selfless loving friend. but sometimes i want to never talk to her again so i don't have to know how she is killing herself slowly. i hate it. someone please offer any encouragement if you have it. i really really need it. thanks guys.
kristen.

09-09-2003, 10:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
goddess sparkle Paused Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: escondido, ca Posts: 4	i need manic depression explained to me a little. someone please help! a person who i love more than anything in the world is disapearing. she has done it before, when i didn't know her and came so close to dying. if i lose her, i don't know what i will do. i would die for her if it meant she could be happy even for a day. she is making horrible choices one after the other. she is bipolar and she takes seroquel, but she drinks almost all the time. she goes to an ivy league college, and the pressure is getting to her again. i talked to her yesterday and she has reverted back to her old self- she is not going to class, she is drinking all the time, she is having unprotected sex with people she doesn't really know and she is tricking her therapist through it all. i know i can't save her and i know i am basically helpless in this situation. but is there ANY thing i can do. if you are bipolar yourself, i wonder if you might tell me what you need when you are spiraling out of control. is it even possible for her to ever come out of it? i feel so hopeless and sad. i don't know what to do for her. i try and try and try to be a selfless loving friend. but sometimes i want to never talk to her again so i don't have to know how she is killing herself slowly. i hate it. someone please offer any encouragement if you have it. i really really need it. thanks guys. kristen.