As a side note, are you sure she's not bipolar (specifically bipolar II)? It's easy to misunderstand what bipolar is if you haven't researched it, it's nothing

As a side note, are you sure she's not bipolar (specifically bipolar II)? It's easy to misunderstand what bipolar is if you haven't researched it, it's nothing like the pop culture portrayal. Periods of hypomania (in bipolar II) are not "manic", they aren't filled with exuberant happiness, they aren't filled with lots of unusual "crazy" activities in most cases. What it actually looks like is usually getting a bit less sleep, getting stuff done more often (which could be as innocuous as reading a book or playing minecraft), maybe increased talkativeness, likely an increase in "risk-taking" behavior (which could be as mild as ordering a few extra things on amazon than normal), and an increase in distractability. All of these things might not be very noticeable, even to the person they're happening to, and might seem normal (as, indeed, they are within the bounds of perfectly "normal" behaviors and not intrinsically destructive) or even positive (which they may in fact be). However, having bipolar can cause a susceptibility to psychotic incidents and requires different treatments than depression. Anyway, it seems like much of the medical establishment is still in a very archaic mindset when it comes to treating mental illnesses that involve the potential for violence. Actual quality of life is irrelevant as long as you reduce the likelihood of someone getting physically hurt in the future. Meanwhile, we still use incredibly antiquated drugs like thorazine which are questionably effective and have a mind-numbing list of side effects. Yet the drug companies don't do a whole lot of research on efficacy, safety, or on new drugs because there just isn't much money in it.