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Posted 12/22/2010 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
I'm 37 & diagnosed as bp mixed. I'm on 900 Lithium, 2000 depakote, 20 inderol, 300 wellbutrin and 25 vistaril as needed. We are 3 days before Christmas & once again I feel completely out of control. It's not overwhelmed with doing. It's just my hubby & I so we don't make any big deal out of a tree or decorations. I didn't even make cookies this year. I'll spend a couple of hrs with my family but that's the only difference from a normal day. I miss family & friends that I've lost, but that's "normal". I spent Christmas 2007 in the hospital and I don't ever want to do that again. I have been just nasty for the last week though. I'm short and mean to everybody & that's not like me. That's a bad sign that an episode is on the way. Anybody have advise on how to get through the next week or two?
Posted 12/22/2010 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Meredith,

Welcome to the bipolar forum, you have come to a good place for support. I would suggest that you treat this like any other day. Take it one moment at a time. I would definately talk to your doc about a mood stabilizer. As it sounds like it would help you. I take abilify and it works well. It is also a bipolar med, though I only suffer with depression, it still helps me. So talk to your doc about that.

With your moods, you say that you have been awnry and mean? Maybe you have a lot on your mind right now. Try to slow your thinking down and stay in the now. Practice that. Think before you speak. That always helps. I am sure that the wonderful members on this forum will offer you some advice. I am from depression, but post occasionally to help out when I can.

Take care, Keep posting.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 12/22/2010 8:20 PM (GMT 0)

  Welcome. The hardest thing i have had to learn with living with BP is knowing when to say when. I have had to pare my life down to as simple as i can make it. I have to avoid emotional situations, they trigger manias in me. SO i cant live a life like i was used to. I have had to learn to live within the boundries of what my bipolar can handle. And that means making very tough decisions sometimes.

  That said, lerning to live within those bounds has had a very positive effect on me. I know have so much more peace now than i ever was before in my life. So if you are willing to do it, there are good things waiting at the end for you.

Good luck and keep posting.

Bill 


Posted 12/23/2010 4:10 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the support. I always have such a hard time staying in the here & now. I'm glad I've found this site though. A lot of the posts hit really close to home. I showed this to my sweety tonight and we talked about what steps I should take.

We both agree that my meds need to be changed AGAIN, but maybe I won't have to go into the hospital this time. I want to wait until January and switch docs & therapists at the same time. Have real issues with a therapist that tells me I pretty much to need to just get over things and move on. It's not always that easy. I need somebody I can vent to who won't make judgments.

Thanks again!!
Posted 12/23/2010 6:03 AM (GMT 0)
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