Hey UA, Remember me? I'm physically and cognitively disabled now. PTSD is my main psychiatric diagnosis, even though I still have the bp of course. I started a medical ketamine trial in January of...
I'm kinda a little confused about what you want advice about most. It seems like you are more asking how to support your boyfriend the best you can after something so traumatic? To lose a parent is...
After knowing being diagnosed with Glycine Encephalopathy six months ago, and still no treatment, I ordered the medication from a reputable source over the net two days ago. It arrived today and...
Yes, the worst thing about a storm can be fear of what damage it might do rather than experience it and see how we go. That said pain hurts, and it is a skill that we develop, how much we can accept...
I feel blue today. I think it is due to lack of sleep and always feeling so sick physically. My mental health fluctuates, the fatigue and delirium are always there to some extent and the difficulty...
Yeah, they want me back in two weeks instead of a month to help me with it some more, which is good of them....
I often ring support lines and I had done on Saturday night. Because it didn't help, it clarified that it was a biological low. I'm in a university program for treatment resistant depression and that...
Taking a small dose of antihistamine night and morning helped keep me asleep for 36 hours. I hate losing a day but was all that was left in my tool kit to do. I don't recommend people do it as a...
I've taken anti histamine to help me avoid the worse off it. It is night time now and we shall see how I go with my night sleep. I have a good day ahead of me tomorrow. I hope I am well enough to...
For the past 24 hours I have put my state first and done everything I can to improve it between positive behaviours and PRN. I can't sleep and nothing could prevent this storm front closing it. I've...
welcome blueberry, you would have gone through a bit to get to this point. Hugs xo...
Nike, What's happening for you hun?...
Hey Sweetie, It's not unusual for people with ADD to later be dx'd with bipolar. There is a large body of research linking the comorbidity (or transition of ADD to bipolar). You are doing what I do....
Hey Nike, You are not bipolar - you may have a set of symptoms that give you the dx of bipolar, but the dx is only to help you access treatment options which include medication, therapy and healthy...
Hey X X, I just watched Australian Story about David Rennie. I think he has both the illnesses you have and thought you might like to Google it. If you have any problems with it let me know. Cheers!...
also, I take it when you say dr, you mean psychiatrist?...
Hi Crazy..nut, I am surprised you got a dx first session. That is most unusual. Even if they are right, it was a hasty fluke, in my humble layperson's opinion. My pdoc took 2 years to dx me with...
It seems like you are doing the best you can hun and that as soon as your body allows you will get yourself back into normal routine. There is a point where our best intentions simply cannot be put...
Oh, and I got a new GP last week. So things aren't all bad :)...
I lost another disability service today and feel pretty bummed out by it. I still have other supports I've put in place but I will really miss this worker. She has been very very helpful and healing...
Bipolar can't be cured, it can only be treated. If people can "get off their meds and therapy" it wasn't bipolar they were suffering from. Bipolar is permanent and incurable. That said, it can be...
Thinking of you Ben in your challenge and endurance. I hope you find some joy for yourself in your life too. Hugs, Jade xo Welcome to HW!!! xo...
I have - it may just take the server a bit of time to register the change ;)...
I've now taken my 8pm Resilient Group signature off, but I still try to get there anyway just to catch up with whoever comes along - I just won't be guaranteed to be there. xo...
Yes, Kitt, the GP saying I was psychotic because of the specialists prognosis was a real kick in the guts. As you know the prognosis was very hard for me to bear - to then be negated and abused by a...
Yes UA, I know you keep us all tucked under your wing so gently and lovingly, I thought it would be good to tell you what is happening with me, so you aren't wondering. My new routine is exhausting -...
When I crash I crash spectacularly and I crashed spectacularly, the worst day being 14 Feb. In the past week I have hooked up with a "healing buddy". We had set what we think in a healthy routine...
Beautiful, You write so eloquently. I don't think we have to like bipolar, only to prepare a seat for it at the table. It mightn't be a welcome guest but we can accommodate it the best we can. It...
I just hoped sharing my experiences may help JC feel less alone. I hope he comes back....
Yay!!!! I finally woke up heaps better today and no nightmares last night! YAY! I will still take it easy but it is such a relief to be out of the horror of fullblown PTSD!...
BC, Don't be offended when a new thread is created with this by an admin, they have a general cut off of about replies to ads over 4 months old.. They like us to make new ones with reference to the...
Keep letting us know how you get on with it. Some people don't feel brave enough to post but get a lot out of reading, so you could help others by just telling us how you are getting on. Big Warm...
Hey, Lamotrogine helped me with my depression... but I have other conditions which meant I couldn't take it. But yes, there is one vote from me it can be effective. Keep trialling and never ever give...
Haha, no trigger her - very happy to be single :). It is just sooooo much easier not dealing with someone else's guff! lol :)...
xo...
Hey JC, I received a terminal prognosis is November last year. That doctor resigned without notice and now my GP is overriding the specialist opinion and telling me it didn't happen and that I am...
Nice little trip to psych today. The psych nurse was really lovely. He said that I was low risk with massive PTSD from the GP visit. He said for my long term wellbeing I would need to find an...
My physical and emotional health are still quite low. I cleaned my office to give myself a sense of accomplishment....
I don't have a GP. I know my pdoc wants me to have a GP who will treat the encep. I hope she has some ideas because I have none of who to go to next....
Weekly visit from Registered Nurse today. Totally convinced that I have encep, as does psychologist and psychiatrist. I have promised I will find a new GP. I do feel sad about it not working out but...
I saw your update before seeing your original post. You seem like you have gone through a lot and are coming out the other side. I'm not much younger than you and I dread how menopause may affect my...
Hey Beautiful, (hope you don't mind my misspelling ;) ) Welcome to Healing Well. The stigma that goes with bipolar is shocking - and for the most part undeserved. Most people with bipolar, are...
Hey Aoneal, Serotonin Syndrome is not fun. I found my symptoms quite frightening. They have subsided since May last year :) Thinking of you Jade...
Thanks Kitt, sorry for creating work for you. I appreciate your gentle guidance. I'm glad you liked it shorty. There is so much good stuff out there that we can tap into. Hugs to you both xo...
Oh Shorty, what a blow hey! Something the psychiatrist told another participant in group therapy today, that I hadn't heard of before was the paradox effect of how acutely we can "bottom out" over...
Well my posts are becoming less frequent so that indicates my distress is lessening. I can feel it lessening anyway. So yes, tsunamis of emotion do subside, even though it is tough enduring them. The...
Hi hard2cope, I haven't read UA's response so excuse me if I repeat anything. Bipolar is just the new name for manic depression - it is the same illness, so that cuts that worry in half :) Lots of...
I edited out my typo of "didn't" ... that might make it a little less confusing lol. The counselor on the crisis line was very helpful and supportive - and I did feel a lot better after talking to...
No my intention is not to write out Dr Hanson's book from cover to cover, but as anyone can see from my posts. I certainly experience the dark nights of the soul and from that dark, painful place, I...
Lol, being confused at a higher level is an achievement - embrace it :) Instead of a quote, I want to share a poem. The Guest House - by Rumi This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new...