Thanks Warren and Lady...You are both right. I also just remembered that the holiday season is particularly hard for me..too many expectations of family and friends so I feel pulled in many...
Thanks Smiler...yes, I am on meds...I take Geodon and my pdoc is increasing my dose. Seems like I will do ok for a while and then I get overtired or overstressed and I just lose it like I did at work...
Hi Wendy and welcome. I have been absent for a few months but not because I've been well and had nothing to say. When I was first diagnosed at BP I thought it was wonderful because there is a...
Hello everyone..I've been off line for awhile just because I've been so busy but my computer has also been on the blitz. Got it fixed now. Boy, have I had a rough few weeks. Been feeling on the edge...
Thanks guys...as usual, you make me feel better about myself and my situation....
Thank you all so much for your posts. It means more to me than you can know. What started out as a funk a few weeks ago just won't go away. And you're right about taking care of ourselves and I'm the...
I feel your pain, Sue. I get sick of it too and I'm really sick of it today. Must be something in the planets or something because a lot of people I know are going through hard times right now...
As part of this group I think I will say, that I am having a really bad day. I'm really depressed and feel like a mess, so I'll add to this poem and laugh some, I guess. Yes, laughter is the best...
Hello...I've been in the bipolar and fibromyalgia forums but have never posted in this depression forum...don't know why, because I certainly am depressed. I was only diagnosed as bipolar back in...
It's horrible, being judged by my past and not even looking to who I am now and why I was the way I was then. People just don't get it...don't want to give me a chance to explain that I am not who I...
Hi Djonma: I also suffer from BP and fibro and its a hellish combination. By the end of my work day I am emotionally and physically exhausted with aches and pains everywhere. Then I'm so tired I...
Hi Lost Mom. I am 56 years old and was diagnosed with BP earlier this year. It was a mixed blessing because it means there is really something wrong with me but its something that can be treated. It...
I seem to get angry a lot about things that wouldn't have bothered me a few years ago. Sometimes by about 3 or 4 in the afternoon its all I can do to keep from screaming. I work in health care so I...
Djonma: So happy for you...it is a wonderful feeling when you know your life is going to change for the better. Much happiness to you and yours...luv...Lazy...
Thanks Shami I will do that. I met someone today with Lyme and she was telling me about her bizzare symptoms....
In the US the "Section Order" is called a Baker Act or a Marchman Act depending on whether its drug/alcohol related or mental health. Either way, the person is held in a mental health facility...
Thanks to all of you...I appreciate you guys so very much. I brought my daughter to my home that night to spend the night and we talked a lot. By the next morning she was feeling better and decided...
Hi: I take Geodon and it is not supposed to make you gain weight and I have actually lost some weight. Also, I take it at night or I am a Zombie. My doc started me out on 60mg and after one dose I...
My dtr is bipolar also and is having a crisis. I am taking her to a psych hospital tomorrow Please send some prayers our way...Thanks Lazy...
Hi Denise and welcome. I have certainly found friends and support here. I'm glad you have a success story. I do to even though I still have some depressed times, I get through them. But I am so...
It is defenitely a breakthrough when we realize what our triggers are. When adult kids were living with me (about one and a-half to two years ago) their dogs were in my house and they made me totally...
I forgot to thank you, Rosie for the info on the tv documentary. I don't get the BBC but I'll certainly go to the web site....Luv...Lazy...
Bring on the inspiration! I prefer to call myself spiritual rather than religious. I haven't had great experiences with organized religion so I stay away from church. I'm not easily offended. I took...
I wish I had the insight that you have when I was 16. But I do remember those years and I remember how afraid I was of my parents. I thought they were totally against me. I even thought at one point...
Hi Diane: Just want you to know that you and your son are in my prayers. I have a 27 year old son and we went through HELL with him when he was 17-22. He finally came back to us as the son we knew...
Hey Warren: Don't beat yourself up too bad. These episodes are something that you are not in control of. I know that doesn't make it any easier to bear, but its not YOU its the disease. Sorry to hear...
Dear Gaz: So very sorry you are going through this terrible time. In your area you should have a crisis hot line of some sort that you can call when you get this down. If you are feeling desperate...
you guys are making me jealous...I want a warm and fuzzy feeling too. Dejonma, I'm glad you are feeling good. Luv...Lazy...
I am so sorry for what you are going through. I have been through it with myself and my kids. My daughter is BP but the meds didn't seem to completely control her symptoms and just recently she was...
Cool... I remember when I walked 2 miles to school. I remember when my school didn't have air conditioning (in Florida) I remember when my dad bought a Pontiac with push button gears I remember when...
I didn't think of using this site as our own memorial to 9/11...but yes, I remember exactly what I was doing on that day. I have watched "The Path to 9/11" and "The Twin Towers" and numerous other...
Hi Warren: If you've been taking lithium for a while, it may be keeping you at an even keel so you wouldn't necessarily have manic episodes..that means the medication is working. You could need an...
Oh Ellie...I wish you the best. Thank you so much for your wisdom and your caring spirit...Luv...Lazy...
To me getting a BP diagnosis was a blessing because it validated all my years of depression and mania. Just thought I was plain crazy, so putting a name to it was a good thing. Sometimes I look at...
You might be bipolar if you laugh at and relate to all these posts!...
Hi Judy..glad you have found some friends here. This site has "saved me" also....so many times. Its nice to chat with folks who feel our pain. I too am grateful for a supportive, loving husband....
Rosie: You are too kind. Those of us who are BP still have choices about getting help. If we refuse, there is nothing anyone else can do for us...Luv...Lazy...
Dear SadBoy..please take the advice you have been given. You don't have to feel like its right..just trust that everyone has your best interest in their hearts. I too have been down the suicidal...
Oh, yeah..I can get in to this... IF you feed your dog twice in 5 minutes...you might be bipolar. IF you get home from the store and you have 2 packs of mushrooms, and you hate mushrooms....you might...
I'm so happy for you, Kimberly. So nice to know there are caring docs out there, especially pdocs. Mine has no personality but he really knows about meds so he keeps me on the right track about that....
Thanks rybird: I appreciate your input and your father is right. The times I got in trouble for calling in sick were times when I was too sick to go to the doctor, therefore I didn't have a doctor's...
Hi Diane: My daughter was not happy when we recommended she go to an inpatient facility. She is 32 so I couldn't "make" her go. But she is emotionally still a teenager. Once she got there and met...
Yeah, the thought of going to bed makes me happy also....Lazy...
Actually, I was just thinking about that on my way home from work. I was griping to myself about my supervisor, all the politics involved, etc., etc., and so forth... When I thought..."You dumbass,...
I always get nervous before my appointments. Partly because my pdoc's receptionist is a total b.... and she makes me want to scream and say [i]"Don't you realize you are dealing with mentally...
I believed for years that I suffered from only depression (not that depression wasn't enough, but I always felt like there was something else) but it took years to get a BP diagnosis. I found it...
Ah Warren....I think you suffer from righteous indignation , not rant. Once, when I was Baker Acted /community/emoticons/skull.gif ...I told the pdoc to leave me the ....alone because my 72 hours...
I agree with Rosie. We are all responsible for our health and to hand it over completely to a doctor you don't know is crazy (pardon the pun). I mean he's crazy, not you. Maybe he is somewhat...
Thanks Rosie: The only new med I'm on is geodon and we all know that any medication can cause fatigue, etc. But I've only felt better on it, not more tired. Until lately, but I think there is...
Hi Kimberly: I know about the brain fog and reading and rereading paragraphs. When I was in school the thing that helped me most was taping myself reading and/or just going through important points....