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[Former-Member]

Thanks @NikNik

[Shaz51]

Thank you @NikNik for a great night

[KF1969]

Yes thank you @NikNik for really informative night. Do you know the topic is next Tuesday?

[Queenie]

Thanks @NikNik 🙂

[Former-Member]

Thanks @NikNik

For those caring for someone with Bipolar, this is a really good talk about relapse prevention gives really good ideas for a documented plan. (One of the best BP talks I have listened to).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdopKvBqNA

[NikNik]

Hi @KF1969

Topic Tuesdays are monthly here.

The next topic is 'Support after a crisis'

Really glad you joined us for the session last night 

[Appleblossom]

My son's care worker gave me a safety plan when he was discharged over 2 years ago. 

He had made it up with my son but it was not passed through him.  I felt it was secretive but eventually , 12 months later my son referred to it.  Insight can gorw gradually although not be always present.

I think when our current crisis is averted I wll feel better discussing a plan directly with him. 

Thanks for this talk.

[Determined]

@NikNik  some great information in here thank you, disappointed I missed the discussion last night but trust it is ok to comment now.

Reading through has given me some great information to help me work through a plan with my darling. 

I have requested such a plan on recent discharges from hospital but pdoc thinks its unnecessary as I already did everything that was necessary. Problem is that not knowing what to do and when to make a call (effectively made it up as we went along) was quite traumatic for me.  

I see benefit in having a clear understanding between my darling and I around what needs to and will be done in a time of crisis and what constitutes a crisis. That way my darling has a better chance of understanding (or accepting) when I am making decisions that she is not happy with (eg her last 2 hospital admissions). 

Thanks again for a great topic discussion, and to everyone who contributed .