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To give context, my brother (31) was diagnosed with bipolar when he was 18 and I was 15. Since this past May, he’s been in a severe manic episode. My parents and I have done everything we can possibly think of to help him—he’s been to the psych ward, he’s taking medication, etc but nothing is helping. He honestly seems worse than before. He’s had about 8 manic episodes since he was 18 and has been hospitalized about 9/10 times so this isn’t our first rodeo but for some reason, he’s not getting better this time around. I need help. I need community that understands what I’m going through. What do you recommend? Can you relate?