I was diagnosed the 3rd of this month at the age of 33. Sometimes it still surprises me to think, "I'm effing bipolar, Bipolar I at that." But a lot makes sense now that did not before and I read...
Alcohol got old a long time ago and the light/brief inebriation of caffeine just seems so much better. And alcohol messes something in me up for days, noticed years before a diagnosis that it makes...
Depression and isolation had their gifts and costs. Some things are just so clear to me that seem to confuse people. I planned for a career and took action to pursue it while depressed enough to...
Err...yeah. Spent better part of 3 days in inpatient after the start of a lovely mixed state helped me put another solid crack in a friendship. I have Risperidone now and a lot of what I read,...
I do not know about anyone else but the Borderline can give an incredible psychic pain that persists and to some extent masks hypomania and mania. It makes me feel like a Demon having all that...
I am a bit to restrained. If I am not careful I end up restraining mania in my head. Drinking caffeine lets the energy flow into my flesh. Calming despite its urgency to build on itself, it builds...
That is so. I will edit my posts that suggest it. It can turn from helpful to hell far too quickly, the more I read the worse it gets. Like...permanent worsening of symptoms. Faster cycling. Deeper...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993537/ And even ginseng....
I have a new one! No Saint Johns Wort. "One serious side effect of St. John's wort is its potential to trigger mania in people with bipolar syndrome. Onset can be sudden and may be perceived...
I am safe. I cannot always tell if I am still hypomanic, not restraining it made it less visible but more manageable. The distractability is more of an issue than the impulsivity now though. I just...
Thank you. No meds yet but things worked out. I've read about the things you suggested because a girl I care for has been diagnosed with Bipolar II. Then everything became fuzzy and I could rarely...
A Users Manual. Might help some of us who are "new" to the game. I am a very restrained person. That has not worked out so well. Trying to hard to control this energy always leads to bad places. I...