i suggest telling the doctor exactly what you have written here. these are the things you want and need to know and the doctor does too especially since she is abusing alcohol. bipolar people tend to use drugs and/or alcohol to self medicate. i'm bipolar and have a ba in psychology. she may get mad at you for telling him these things but he has to know. also it will help him realize that the meds she have been taking (if any) are not the right ones for her. plus she needs to be consistent when taking these meds. she has to take them every day even after she starts feeling better because the meds are not a cure they only work when they are taken every single day. believe me even i resent taking all my meds every day every once in a while but then i remember what kind of monster i am without them. good luck.
my girfriend is bipolar 2 she is going to see her therapist today i need question to ask him on how i can help her? . i feel that most of the time its me that puts her into an episode i dont know what it is that im doing i try so hard to be there for her but some of the things she says to me hurts so bad that i get mad or depressed like ive failed her somehow she drinks everyday she drinks gin or vodka and she will destroy a 1. 75 ml bottle in a week which alot by my standards i might have 2 or 3 beers all weekend sometimes she says things like i dont want to keep living or she would be better off dead. help me!