Thanks for this helpful information on bi-polar, Charly, doterrasanantonio@gmail.com.
As a newbie, I am learning so much from reading all of your posts- so much wisdom is shared, daily!
I hope to be as wise as each of you, one day. J
Peace, Patrice
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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Everything doTERRA] Bipolar question
I'm going to throw this out here and it's probably going to be unpopular. However. I have a lot of experience with mental and emotional special needs. My children run the spectrum from mild to severe. The most important thing they can do is get their child stabilized--even if it means medication, and in fact, in the beginning, probably needs to be medication. The suicide rate is sky high for those suffering with bipolar. Most estimate that nearly 50% will attempt suicide. There are a lot of reasons for this, one of which is people who have bipolar are very difficult to keep on meds. Lots of reasons for that, but too long to go into here. I don't know about you, but as a parent and as a friend those are not odds I want to mess with.
In his early 20's, this young man is old enough to decide how he wants his treatment to go. That means he's also old enough to need to make the choice as to how he wants to deal with it and Mom has no say. She can only present options. His choice must be there to treat it because he must be willing to actually do it.
If I were to choose, I would say that first, they get him stabilized medically and yes, that means meds. Then they begin to work on what helps him and they can then begin to back off those meds as long as he is stable. In our family we have some on meds and some on a few and one child I will never ever take off meds. However, all of them have had their quality of life enhanced with natural methods and have been able to decrease the amount of medication they were on.
Things to consider, which are every bit as important as oils when treating this. 1. Exercise. High, intense, long sessions--whatever it takes to get the endorphins going. I have one daughter who does this multiple times a day. 2. Diet. All the oils in the world won't overcome what can happen to their brains with certain chemicals. In my opinion, gluten free and dairy free. And most important--red dye. That is nuts on their brain chemistry. 3. Supplements and oils. DDR Prime, other supplements as needed, oils according to the individual taste of the person. You see many protocols because everyone's body is different and what works for one will not necessarily work for another. I have a whole protocol I do for my son. But that protocol may not work here. However, I have a few tips. First--get a diffuser in a timer. Any of doterras will do--just get one of those lamp timers from Home Depot that turns them on. Have it set to go off about fifteen minutes before he wakes with something like citrus bliss or peppermint and wild orange: something uplifting and invigorating yet calming. When dealing with emotions, aromatically is almost always the first choice in delivery. Second, have access to favorite combinations of oils all day long. You can put them in the small bottles, you can put them in the diffuser necklaces, etc. In my experience the only necklaces that work well or those that you actually have oil inside. The rest dry out too soon. Third, any "treatment "program that they implement, needs to be all day long. It must not be morning and evening, or morning, lunch and dinner, etc. When using the oils, the effect must be a constant almost in their system. For us, that means my son is using his oils nearly every hour. He does this almost unconsciously and he has chosen to use them. Whatever they decide, it must be HIS choice.
Charly
On Oct 18, 2015, at 9:54 PM, Lynn Phinney, A Time to Heal <lmphinney@gmail.com> wrote:
I have researched the group history looking for protocols for bipolar but there are so many out there using different oils its confusing. Pat if you could please help guide me to some tried & true recipes or protocols/suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. I am not very familiar with anything about bipolar, this is for a young man in his early 20's who has just been diagnosed.
Thanks so much,
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