Hey everyone, Sorry I have not been on the site in a couple of days, trying to catch up. I have not been in a good mood--but trying none the less to make it. I go to the doctor tom and I am about to...
Hi Distressed, Welcome to HealingWell. I am sorry to hear about what you are going through. Your wife needs to be taken back to her doctor or if where you live-check to see if they have a lifeline...
Serafena- i too suffer from bp2, i don't have the mania but suffer from the mixed emotions sometimes so intense that I can actually feel when the shift starts. Sometimes I can catch when the change...
Olivia--how many times a day do you take it? daisha...
Serafena You are doing better than me. For most of the past 4 years I was afraid to leave the house. Like I said before I only can go certain places by myself without freaking out and panicking. It...
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind while I adjust to taking it. For some reason I have a hard time taking this med (lithium) correctly. I have very bad, what I describe as whirling noise in my head when...
I need to know from those who take lithium what side effects are you experiencing? Do you go through the feeling of on/off over and over? I have severe changes in my body temp like I'm going thru...
Hi quietpain, I like you and most others here at one time were very productive in our lives; jobs, activities, etc,etc---I have not worked in 4 years and I am on disability also. Sometimes I almost...
Thanks everybody for the encouragement. I was really having a bad day today, trying to just make it from one hour to the next. It's frustrating when you know that the problem is not so simple-it's...
U too Mr. T Daisha...
I am not up to or even want to walk either but my doc tells me this will help my brain juices when I am down. Sometimes I will just get up and walk around the house or go out side and walk around but...
I wish I could sleep. When I take my meds and can go to sleep--I am in a deep sleep and don't know or remember anything. I go to the doc on the 7th and I am going to ask about something else besides...
Thanks, I do take ambien --2 of those and xantax 3 in order to sleep. I had a very bad event happen in my life and since then (04) I had a nervous breakdown--you know now the doc's don't like to call...
Yes, I have and array of med to take---sometimes I don't know if I'm coming or going if you know what I mean. I think I'm going to have to go back and ask for something different. I haven't been to...
Wen, Taking your spouse to the doc is a great help and will show that your partner is supportive and desires to try to understand. Being bipolar is not easy as you know, and understanding it is...
Hi everybody; I am not new to healingwell--just to this side of the forum. I suffer from depression, severe anxiety pstd and bipolar 2. I have searched and searched different places and have found a...
Yana; I wanted to post over here also....I also take advantage of the breathing exercises. I find that if you get some relaxtation cd and just sit quitely--blocking out the world--turning off the tv,...
Yana; Thanks for the tips. I was just over on the depression site because I can relate there sometimes better. I suffered from depression for many years only in the last year or so have I finally...
Somebody, anybody please help me. I am bipolar 2 and I need some assistance. For the past week I have felt like I am going out of my mind slowly, ever so slowly that it is about to cause me to want...
Mr. T I am on lithum also and I certainly understand your problems. I have a hard time taking mine and as you might be aware if not taken correctly it can be a roller coaster ride. I have pains in my...
Welcome, Like you I also am new here-just kept searching until I came upon this site. I suffer from biopolar 2---and I am at present experiencing a down mood. I recently had surgery this week and...
Carlosclan, I'm certainly sorry that you are having to experience the wrongs of being biopolar. How do you feel cheated? Daisha...
Thanks. I am certainly in need of a place to feel at home at. Mostly I have found out being b/p leaves you feeling like you don't really have anyone to express my deepest feelings to. Somedays I just...
This is my story--In 1/28/04 my husband was killed when his work truck was hit by a train. My life as I knew it stop and I have gone through a different side of life I never knew existed. As the days...
Hi, I am a new member. I recently within the last year was told by my doctors that I have biopolar 2. I am struggling with being biopolar and looking to talk with people who understand what I am...