I need to vent

[sherr33]

Yesterday I had my Tdoc Appointment and I didnt like the outcome. First my husband closed the credit card account and switched the banking on me and now I have access to 0 money. The Therapist said People that have bipolar should not have access to any money. I dont like this because everything that I had has been taken away from me. I used to work, Drive and money
Now I dont have either of those. I feel like I am in my own mental hospital all by myself strapped to the bed and no place to go.
Sherr

 

[angelkiss]

Bipolars get a bad wrap with money for "big spending" is in the criteria. Some are known for getting themselves head over heels in debt and ending up in a pickle. I personally know someone who is bipolar who emptied out the bank account without her husband knowing and when he found out, he hit the roof. But, that don't mean we are all that way.
So, for your therapist to say that people with bipolar shouldn't have access to money............I think they need to not be so quick to point fingers. I for one, am not a big spender. Sure, I like to treat myself from time to time, but I usually manage my money quite well.
I don't think that was a fair statement from your therapist at all.
I have however been known to drive a lot in an episode and end up "who knows where" Therefore my family usually keeps closer tabs on me when I'm in an episode for fear of my up and taking off on a whim. I try not to drive so much when an episode hits, for I'm so unpredictable to myself that I fear leaving everything behind just to end up half-way across the country with people I don't know in a place I have no clue about.

I don't mean to be nosy, but why exactly did your therapist say that? If you don't want to answer that's fine, or if you'd rather pm me, feel free. I'm just trying to get better insight on things.
My prayers are with you.
s and es!!

 

[bipolarbear]

I am a bit irritated at what your tdoc said! angelkiss is correct they should not be quick to judge! i have been the only one running our finances for the last four years, with a positive yearly outcome reaching goals early,a dn so forth. I am very resopnsable with teh bills... Itold my Beloved if I go first, dont call teh furneral home first, call an accountant!!!

 

[sherr33]

To be honest I dont know why she said I guess we are already in debt and if I keep going the way I am we will get into trouble. She was trying to explain to me at my level I guess why things need to be done. She has heard to many Stories and she doesnt want me to end up down that road.
Sherr

 

[berry2000]

I handle all the money. I do it better than my nonbipolar hubby. That is simply not true. Maybe for some...but you can't put everyone in a box. I am sorry she/he said that.

 

[sherr33]

I am doing a little better. I still feel like I am in my own personal mental hospital though. It is a hard thing for me. I would like to eventually be able to go back to work sometime. But I am scared. I am even scared to volunteer at the hospital right now. I was doing good for a while and then I dont know what happened.
I dont like this stuff and to be honest I am embaressed for having Bipolar.

 

[Alive again]

Hugs dear one. Yes, our culture teaches us to work and stigmatizes mental health illnesses different than other physical illnesses. But bp IS A PHYSICAL ILLNESS!

Yes, I understand the embarrassment, we all have felt it our still feel it. I am on disability and have finally come to accept that it is OKAY! Yes, I am going back to work, soon I hope, but I will never be able to work enough to come off of disability. It is juat a fact of this illness and many other physical illnesses.

But the most important truth of all, is that we all fall short of God's holiness and thus we have no embarrassment before the one who matters the very most!!! And if we feel embarrassed there, tis that ol' enemy trying to give us the "gift" of guilt that keeps on giving! Don't accept it and tell him to get lost, because if you have accepted Christ as your Savior, you are 100% fine in God's book!!! And you don't have to listen to the accuser anymore!!!

Hugs!