It sounds like it could be mania but tortoise is right, in fact I'm surprised your doctor(if they know you have a bp family history) doesn't monitor your antidepressants rather closely. Also, mania...
I agree with Lynn on that it sounds a lot like bpd, which I'm sorry to say there aren't really medications for, patients have to work through bpd and it takes a long time and a lot of dedication to...
I don't think any of us are really qualified to tell you if it is for sure a bipolar issue. It could be, but everyone who is bipolar reacts differently. I'd go and speak with her doctor, if shes on a...
My advice is to go back to school. It's hard and stressful, but like tortoise said, try one or even two classes. I wouldn't suggest taking more than three, I learned that the hard way, Start off...
Haven't posted in a good while but I saw this post and it caught my attention. I'd have to say I'm usually a school work maniac, my teachers must think I'm insane because I'll start turning two or...
Quick question, my psychiatrist prescribed me buspar so we can get my anxiety under control with a much less addictive medication and keep my clonazepam(klonopin) for really high stress situation....
I'm not sure who I was talking to the other night, I'm not even sure they were from the bipolar forum either, but I'd posted needing help because I was all over the place and having obsessive...
I started back to classes on Monday, I was excited, well prepared, and by the time I pulled into the parking lot the 2mg of clonazepam I'd taken was probably the only thing keeping me from being sick...
I'm glad to hear that you have a doc who is really listening and paying attention, sound like a keeper! Enjoy the nice vacation, try to just relax!...
I was diagnosed by my marriage counselor(who is a licensed psychologist not just a counseling certificate) almost a year ago with Bipolar disorder, he referred me to a psychiatrist who agreed with...
I'm sorry for everything that you are going through, I honestly can't offer my advice because its definitely a personal opinion, and something that is going to take long hard thoughts to come to a...
I tried quitting cold turkey at 400mg, honestly it made me nauseous but that was pretty much it, I instantly jumped right into being hypomanic but other than that I was fine. I think it differs...
Really bad idea, I understand wanting to taper off a med but if you are on the Seroquel XR then they are extended release and cutting them in half is actually going to make you really really groggy!...
Hopefully I get what you're asking... Rapid cycling is going between manic, depressed, mixed or normal cycles more than 4 times a year Ultradian is rapid cycling on crack-honestly, it's nuts, I rapid...
I just want to point out a couple things, you sound a lot like my boyfriend, by this I mean, you clearly love her, or else you wouldn't have taken the time to look everything up and join a forum. So...
Very right on the shopping Christina! Spoken like a true Black Friday shopper! I'm out of my house at 3am and this year one of my best friends is coming out with me. Sounds nuts but I'm hoping this...
Sounds like fun Trying! My family has always done the huge dinners, I think if I mentioned eating out they all may just pass out right there on the spot! The older I get, the worse my anxiety has...
Haha so true tortoise! But we have to learn to deal with it and relationships, of any kind, is the worst when it comes to this lovely combo....
I'm the one hosting Thanksgiving this year, lots of pressure, first time cooking a Turkey, and while I love my family I really realize around the holidays how much they truely don't understand how...
I think tortoise is right, it's more of a borderline personality thing, it's one of the major things I suffer with honestly. I do it to my boyfriend all the time, it's almost as if you need constant...
Tried meditating last night, got to sleep for 3hours(Yay!) The Seroquel is XR so no I can't split it, which is what thoroughly sucks. But I'm just rding it out with anxiety meds and 200mg of my...
I'm trying really hard to stay on track with classes, this was my first semester of college, after dropping out of high school almost 5 years ago, so I ended up dropping two classes, I just finished...
Between registering for new classes, hoping my grant goes through in time, working AND also trying to get this Scentsy home catalog business off the ground I think I've taken on a little more than I...
Just wanted to say sorry for the random post, had a bad night and just needed to vent. It helped some which is good I guess....
Just starting to get used to the hypomanic, get things done side but I can feel myself crashing and burning. I keep staring back and my past because something someone says, or does, or asks about...
Haha, actually, my psychology teacher has been amazing! I've been talking to him about my meds and dosages and what not, he's the one who helped me come up with what I was going to say to get my pdoc...
I was taking 900mg of lithium, and he told me not to worry about the blood work! Can you believe that?! I told him the next visit(3months later after my cycles got really bad again) that I wanted to...
I haven't, I have pretty bad allergies to, well to everything lol, so I'm nervous due to the skin rash but when I get insurance in Jan I'm going to talk to the new pdoc and give them a chance to...
Haven't gotten a call back from my pdoc, which isn't shocking, I'm just waiting it out with him until I get insurance in Jan(yay for insurance finally!) He's been pretty shitty so far, including...
I was thinking of cutting it out all together because if I only take two it just takes a little bit of the edge off but not enough to make a difference on my focus in classes and I'm still jumping...
I normally cycle really fast, usually the longest my cycles are are around 3days and I've noticed i normally stay towards the low end during my period BUT this time it didnt even phase my mood and...
Honestly I think you can no matter what dose and how long you've been on it, although I'm "new" to the medications, I rapid cycle still but not as badly, I don't drop as far and my highs aren't as...
So I was chatting with someone who mentioned that when they went off of birth control(who was rapid cycling) that they cycled through mania and depression a lot slower. Was just curious if anyone...
Courtney, I hope today is going better for you and I hope you took Patricias advice, your post kind of seems like you're at a breaking stressful moment. I can only speak for myself but i understand...
Hm, I never thought about it but I guess I do the same thing with caffeine and anxiety. I'm constantly anxious, especially when I first start work in the morning and that is ALWAYS when I head to the...
I think trying is a lot of what we all have to do on a regular basis. Seems like things take 10x longer than they should!...
I looked on my schools website first, then got in contact with the disability counselor. I am still waiting for my meeting with him, ugh, seems like it's taking forever though....
Have you tried sitting down and talking to your husband? Does he realize how bad this is stressing you out? "Normal" people don't realize how things stress us out, I mean moving is stressful for...
I'm noticing that with limitations honestly, what I could do in high school, compared to now, the older I am getting the worse my anxiety. By the time i'm 30 I won't be able to leave my house, that's...
I agree with exchanging ideas Courtney! As for the disability at school, I just got my paperwork filled out, but I'm really not sure what they can do for me. I tend to load a lot on myself because i...
Oh, and I will go and order that book right now for him! Thanks, must be good if two people recommended it!...
Yeah I suffered through the hour long anxiety attack, ugh, and then remembered *aha! I have the klonopin* so in hysterical tears I got my boyfriend to run to my car to get them, and about 30minutes...
I just had an hour long anxiety attack earlier. I haven't had one that bad in over a year. I couldn't stop crying and I was really freaking my boyfriend out because he's never seen me have on that...
Haha I think we all feel like that. I'm slowly but surely weaning myself done, my energy drink will be the hardest thing!...
Honestly, you can't stop it. But you can help. Think on the positive, you're more geared than most parents would be if their child was doing something like this. You've caught the issue very early...
My story is similar to Tortoise, except I was diagnosed with bi polar disorder first and then they added borderline in as well. Trying to Understand is right though, no matter if it's one or the...
That's how cutting was with me, like the one thing I could really control even if my moods and everything in my life was everywhere, I know it sounds weird but it was one of my only reliefs. Good...
Isn't self harm kind of both after it moves past the initial beginning phases? It becomes routine, it's like an addiction or at least for me that's how it was. I'm curious how it is for other people?...
You know Courtney your post has helped me more than any other post! I've had a depressin issue since I was 7yrs old, I started cutting around 11, just like you and had my first 'manic' episode right...
Jeny, I personally think it's VERY possible but maybe I'm biast because Im also a psych major! What could make someone more passionate about a job then helping someone through what we are now going...