alive and kicking...
I need some unbiased 3rd party advice here on my husband. As some of you may know I am currently physicaly sperated from my husband. I'm living with mom tyring to foucs on recovery from a serious...
The only advice i can give hun is if you feel like you are going to be a danger to yourself or anyone else then absolutly go to the hospital, don't even chance it. But from your other posts you don't...
You're doing the right thing sweetie. It is hard, sometimes it is shameful but honesty is the only way a doctor can help you. and its the only way you can help yourself. Don't blame yourself for...
I agree if you're having problems with your Dr try to find another one that would be more helpful and listen to you. I hate that half the time they just don't listen. We know that we don't feel...
sorry...you'd need an MRI to see the diffrence in the brain. should've mentioned the way of doing it, lol :)...
Just keep working with your doctors...your family are not liscenced to diagnose you (but they can give you a second perspective). But I'd advice for the medications if you don't think they're doing...
I've been having major anxiety and irritabilty the last few weeks (I suspect due to getting used to the new meds and should be temporary last time this happened witha drug change and when I got to a...
Yep, don't worry about it so much. You're absolutly not quitting, you need to take some time for yourself...for your wellbeing that is more needed at the moement than grades. Its not perminate just a...
I never had friends either until i was in my 20s, you're not the only one sweetie. You've done a good thing seeking out others with similar situations to you, you are more than welcome to share...
Hi everyone, I am a member over at the bipolar area and have a question you guys may be able to help with. My new doctors have switched my medications and I really do think they are helping. I had my...
Now that I'm in Florida with my mom I've been getting good treatment (my old state didn't have anywhere for low income to go for mental illnesses). My new doctors have switched my medications and I...
Is your husband currently in therapy or taking any medications? I'd also recomend he go with you to therepy or both of you go to a councelor, it dosn't sound like he is getting any medical help. I'm...
yea, some doctors are awful like that. I usualy don't tell them much (i alwasy fear being locked up in an mental hospital), but back in december-ish time i had began SI really badly and they couldn't...
yes, talk to a doctor and psychatrist. BP is tricky. It can be a number of metal/mood disorders that can masqurade as BP (boderline personality is one of them as an example). There are 3 offical...
And well....I think you need this :::::BIG GIANT HUG:::::::: Hang in there sweetie, everything will work out. I am bipolar type 2, which is marked by major depression I know where you're comming...
First off honey, breath. Focus on one problem at at time. Forget (right now) about stressing yourself over kids and a husband...you're 21. Be 21. Take your meds and perscribed, if you are still...
Oh...also you might want to talk to your teachers and maybe the office staff at school. I know its embarassing but they might be able to make an exception or work with you so you don't fail....
you'll need to talk to your doctor sweetie. If your current meds are not helping you need to try others (if you feel well as far as depression goes then focus on the mood stabliziers/antipsychotic)....
ALOT of BP have kids, when you are ready discuss it with your doctor BEFORE trying (some medications do cause major birth defects, but they can switch you to somethign that won't). and well that kid...
Seriously what you are telling us for symptoms don't really mean much. It could be anything or nothing. I'd advise the route you're going, if she wants to reconcile you'd both need counceling; maybe...
:::HUGS:::: I'm sorry to be a defeatist; it dosn't end. But it does get better. Bipolar dosnt' go away, but we can ease its hold on our lives....
Alive and kicking. Sorry for my hiatus. I moved from NC to FL end of Jan (my husband later followed, hes with friends now, i'm with my mom). I'm finally getting treatment and support from the medical...
yea i know its tough to recover from. and i apreciate the hug :) I think his plan backfired though. my mom is gungho to drive through 3 states to get me and bring me back home with her. what he did...
crud..i'm sorry. tere was a orginialy a subject (SI & family) but it got deleted. i had lost my internet connection while making the post. sorry, sorry...
so...my husband spotted my having SI the last few months and weeks. I'd been trying very hard to keep it from him, he realized i did it back in '05 and freaked out, which he did again tonight. we'd...
so far as i've told the dr weight gain i'm not scared of at this point, i just want to feel better. but i dunno if i can take this sleepyness much more....seriously i've gone from insonmia to...
Lithium is a very commonly persribed drug, they say it works well with BP and depression. its usualy one of the first drugs people are given. just becareful there is a risk of over dose if not taken...
I finally got to my dr again and had my first therapy session wendsday. I had only been on antidepressands and discussed with my dr about a stablizer. He didn't like the one i had picked out (easy to...
YAY!!! that is fantastic news! ::::HUG for you:::...
:::BIG BIG GIANT HUG!!:::...
awee sweetie thats terrible. hopefuly everything will work out in the end, just hang in there. He will probably go through alot of emotions during the course of his treatment, try not to take...
tyo3- well have an apointmetn wendsday with both my dr and a councelor over at the local county ran medical center. i want to talk to my dr about medication options, i have general responded well to...
keep in mind also with bipolar there are i belive 3 types of bipolar (bp 1, bp 2, and cyclo..somthing the rapid cycing one) and varying degrees within those types. And as many have warned there are...
sadly when a BP has self esteem issues i think it goes beyond the typical female complaint of i'm not skinny enough or pretty enough. that is sadly a regualr womanly complaint :) When i do my...
I meant to post to this earlier, simommie I am right there with you! My husband has ADHD and mild OCD on top of that. (for a funner list on him...he was given a genious level IQ when he was a child...
oh goodness hexe you really have your hands full. Sadly it won't get better until your husband seeks help (I hope he is or will soon). maybe you guys could look into couple's counceling (just as an...
yea, you really need to work with your pcd and a pshycatrist to figure out exactly what the problem is and go from there. if you take any meds at all you need to take them for a few weeks or even...
I don't have any expreince with klonopin (i did have afriend who was on it for a long time but her does was HUGE. she gave me half of one once when my grandfather died and i was soooo high; lol). It...
that is so horrible, i'm very sorrry you and your family have to go through this. I'll have to lend my opinion to agree with the others. it sounds harsh but yes, you need to get a restraining order...
yeesh! I'm so glad for holidays i lock myself in the bedroom and don't come out until after the chaos passes. I agree, i think holidays are horrible for BPs...all that stress. I'm feeling a little...
that depends on what you like to do. I'd recomend something repeditve and monotomous (like knitting, or putting a puzzle together...just something that will keep a hold on your concentration without...
from the time i was a child i suffered from bipolar (depressive mostly, i don't have mania often). I've always had trouble socilizing and would be lucky if i made one friend during the school year;...
I'm not fully sure if its ok to post this here but I was wondering if anyone had any expirence filling for benefits due to bipolar getting to that level of severity. I'm only partialy medicated and...
I really, and i mean REALY apreciate your support. I sadly failed my resistance to SI today. its so wierd to me almost hitting 30 yeas old and still doing this...most peole think of teenagers hurting...
i've just been looking around the net for bipolar support groups, you seem pretty active here so figured i'd join up. I've suffered from depression since i was 8 and spend most of my teen years in...