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[quote=Anonymous]Your FIL didn't help things but he was right about the patterns of behavior around compliance with medication in bipolar disease.

Stopping the meds once you feel better is a classic behavior.  Absolutely classic and some would say the larger hurdle in effective treatment.  The meds often work beautifully, but they only work if you stay on them and it's difficult to convince someone they are sick when they don't feel it.

There is good literature out there on this OP - it might help you to educate yourself a bit so you know more about the disease.

Re Easter I would probably approach it similarly to the poster above.  "Mom, we want you with us at Easter.  But if you want to be there you need to take your medication.  If you are not on your medication daily I do not feel comfortable having you in my home.  Your behavior is erratic and scary when you are not on your meds.  Let me know what you want to do."

We went through this in our family.  (My father had a brother with bipolar disorder.)  I vividly remember some manic episodes that I witnessed and were extremely alarming.  My father had to ban him from seeing his family unless he was medicated.  It was awful.

I wish you and your mom luck.[/quote]

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