Posted by HenryO on August 30, 2003, at 10:00:07
In reply to Re: What are the down sides of Lithium? » HenryO, posted by galkeepinon on August 30, 2003, at 4:54:04
I'm feeling several things, thinking actually. I'm greatful for the form of mental illness I've got for the first time. I don't like telling him he's too sick for me to let him stay for long. I'm happy I had the health to tell him that. I'm hopeful for him. I'm also thinking that this is a life long recovery he needs. Screwing up could cost him his life. If I my disease flares up I sleep for two weeks. He has a difficult road ahead if he doesn't get a handel on this. I'm worried I'll have to get really tough. If he were to mess up and get high or pull some stunt, I'd have to cut him loose completely. That would be very sad. I am seeing up close now what I was looking at for years but never recognized. In one way its fascinating. He is scarey smart but this illness has run his life since anyone can remember. Its like some Oliver Sachs essay and I don't know that it will have a happy ending. The horrible fact is, I don't like his odds.
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