Still alive. Planning on getting some mad thesis writing done this weekend and dodging housework....
Thank you guys for your kind words. Unfortunately I do not have the luxury of taking a day off but I have been taking things down a notch. My one friend that I could talk to freely has moved away...
Hi everyone. It has been more than a year since my last post, but I feel like I need to get this out there. I am a graduate student, chemistry, and today I am feeling very depressed. It is like I...
Hi LW I did not realize that things were this extensive!! They really treated your case with the worst professionalism ever. I am glad that you are pulling through and that you are making personal...
Everyday is different yet the same. We tell ourselves that this is just another phase, the medicine will take the edge off, talk through it, rely on other people to help you through the lows and be...
I used Saphris for a total of two weeks, but moved over to Abilify due to the Saphris interacting with my diabetes. While I was on it though, I some trouble with night terrors but nothing else. It...
Hi everybody I am looking for a penpal. Someone who will be willing to talk about anything and everything. But with the old fashioned pen and paper way. My pdoc recommended it and I like the idea....
Hi LivingWell I tried dealing with the drugs and finding the correct combination for a few years. The problem is that I turned out to have allergic reactions to most of them (I am highly allergic to...
Not2L8 I understand what you are going through. A few years ago I had a psycotic break and the only things that kept me together were painkillers, alcohol and stitches. It is like you are stuck in...
These past few weeks have been difficult to deal with. Due to a lot of work related stress, I have not been getting enough sleep and have been spending nights at the office. This has been screwing...
Hi Jade I am in the happy position of not being in a relationship in order to conquer some of my own psychological demons, but interacting with my colleagues is getting increasingly difficult. In my...
I would suggest a pen pal. By not actually knowing the person, it might be easier to communicate with them. It will also relieve some of the loneliness without putting another person in harms way of...
Hi Living Well. Thank you for sharing your story. Not that I wish it on anybody, but it is good to know that I am not alone. I have always been a lonely person as well. I never fitted in with people...
I recently opened my facebook account and saw that three of my friends got engaged on one day. Everybody I know is in a relationship of some sort, and I just have not been able to find that...
I am not on any medication since my healthcare is not the greatest and I have am on additional medication for asthma, allergy and blood pressure. It is thus a decision I made to go this med-free...
Is visual and auditory hallucinations a possible symptom for BP, or is it exclusively schizophrenic? I have been having a very bad time and am having some troubling symptoms. I asked my doctor but he...
What are you studying? Sounds like a Herculean task. In my experience people would rather not talk about their mood disorders......
I believe that you need to wait for her to work through this on her own. She has just been diagnosed. She is probably on medication that still needs to be perfected for her and as a result her...
Dear Xavier I can truly relate to your problems but have never been able to express it as eloquently as you have. In my experience putting your abundance of moods and chaos in your mind into words is...
OMG, I just want to hug you right now... I have never been in your situation so I cannot pretend to understand what you are going through, but I can give you some advice I heard when I just got...
Hi. Some of you might remember me. BP II, rapid cycling, psychotic episodes, medication free. I have not told my family. My grandmother is schizophrenic and due to that my parents have always been a...
Hi I am relatively new to this, so please bear with me. I am diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder 2 with psychotic events. Along with this I have severe allergic asthma and insulin...
Haha, I know it is not funny, but your reaction to all the bad connections with hypo-mania is exactly same a mine. The further you read up on it the worse it gets. I have rapid cycling bipolar 2 with...
Dear Inappropriately Lost Although I am not married nor facing the ruin of my family, I felt compelled to reply to your previous post. I am a chemistry graduate and have been living with rapid...