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Posted 10/2/2010 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
and i haven't had a single moodswing since tuesday, before i started drinking.

i don't really think alcohol affects me in that way. i've been thinking about trying a gluten-free diet to see if that helps, but i'm so addicted to bread and other grains that i don't think it's possible.

i've been thinking a lot about moving to paris, but my entire family lives in the states, and my boyfriend is only in his sophomore year at college and i don't want to leave him. i'm planning to spend next summer there, as i have no where to live for next summer anyways. i just need the money for plane tickets. i'm really not digging university anymore. my grades are great and i have no desire to take harder classes, but i'm just so darn BORED.
Posted 10/3/2010 8:21 AM (GMT 0)
If you are bored, why not look for a reliable part=time job. To pay for the airline tickets. You are also bored because you are so smart, lucky girl. Know you are doing well in school. Maybe just a vacation in Paris.

Maybe switching to grains that are real nubby whole grains would help, that is if you are eating breads and crackers, pasta, etc that is of course white processed flour.
Posted 10/3/2010 2:26 PM (GMT 0)
i have a part time job that i love, but it pays next to nothing. there are no other jobs available really.
Posted 10/3/2010 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
voix - if you're making irresponsible choices (drinking too much) and you're taking a difficult course load, acing it and bored, and feeling likeyour mood is stable?

That sounds like oncoming hypomania to me.

Are you OK?
Posted 10/3/2010 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
right now i'm fine. i got drunk again last night and i woke up okay. no mood swings. about to go get breakfast with my boyfriend.
i did forget to take my anxiety medication two days in a row because i was drunk, but i'm wondering if my birth control has anything to do with my increased mood swings (i'm on the week of no hormones right now and i start a new pack tonight)
Posted 10/3/2010 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
Mood swings are a side effect of birth control. I've always been too afraid of it to try! I've asked 2 pdocs about it and they both said it should be fine, don't get the depo shot, and medications might need to be adjusted a little bit.

Does your pdoc know about your birth control?
Posted 10/3/2010 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
yes he does. i just started it last month. before my bipolar got out of control i was on depo. i think it's what sent me into my worst depression so far. depo is evil. i take the lowest dose bc pill available now
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