Dad is always hypomanic on international trips
My dad is currently in Southeast Asia and is having a hypomanic episode. His Facebook is never ending with live updates of my parents trip, political messages, and quotes. What is depressing is that this always happens when he goes on a trip with a significant time zone difference. He gets poor sleep then spirals out of control.
I'm not sure how to help him as I try to walk him though what happened on previous trips and have attempted to drill into his head the importance of sleep.
Another unfortunate issue is he doesn't like how psychiatric medications make him feel, so he self medicates with marijuana and of course he doesn't bring it with him on international trips.
I feel bad that I'm not on this trip to help my mom manage his behavior. I always foresee this episodes occurring and it's unfortunate it always happens. Does anyone else here have parents who become hypomanic on trips? How do you prevent it from happening?