Sidenote:
My "Hello, I'm new" thread is here: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=13&m=1908975 I noticed something in the DSM criteria for bipolar about
weight fluctuation (gaining or losing). Why would this occur in an unmedicated person? I actually have gained weight but seem to have smaller limbs somehow lately. Perhaps my diet is too erratic without a mood stabilizer because I eat very little one day, then a ton the next, then very little, then a ton again. I think all the alcohol has made me gain fat too so perhaps if I get stabilized, I can work it off.
My other question is just simply about
how progressive untreated bipolar is, i.e. that it gets worse without treatment. I have gone downhill quickly as of late. There were three big slopes I went down: When I really started to get bad, I cussed out a guy I was doing business with and I thought, "Wow, this is really not how I would normally ever act." It was terribly embarrassing and the guy refuses to ever talk to me again. That made me terribly embarrassed and depressed because the guy works with a family member so I had just caused a mess of disgrace... and that threw me down the second slope: Then I was always feeling bad about
it and the way I acted when I would drink started to deteriorate *greatly* to where I was starting to act real crazy to people. Then just recently, the third and final slope was in the first part of the month, I was up all night, apparently in a manic state, and by morning, I was intoxicated and worse than I have been in years I would say, crying and the like. And it has not been good since then; I have had repeated issues. I guess my point being is that without proper treatment, I seem to be getting worse and FAST.
I am going to try to "take the bull by the horns" and I'm just about
to call my doc to try to move my appointment up. I'm supposed to see her next Tuesday but I am going to call and see if she can see me this week. Well anyway, don't forget my first question about
the weight fluctuation please. Thank you very much.... Elvis has left the building....
Post Edited (Archelaus) : 9/21/2010 2:32:35 PM (GMT-6)