Thanks for the encouraging words Rosie! You're absolutely right about giving up control short-term v. long term. It's just frustrating sometimes. Today I was supposed to visit my mother for dinner,...
I've been depressed for as long as I can remember, but my first definite manic episode wasn't until I was 18. It may have even been sooner, but I also struggled with anorexia from 13 to 15, and then...
Thanks Warren. It's comforting to know that other people have been through a hospitalization too. I was just speaking to a friend from work who was also recently hospitalized and we joked about how...
Rinnie, I was on Lexapro last winter, and like Rosie said, it cause a manic state. I talked to a nurse friend of mine and she told me that Lexapro shouldn't be prescribed for bipolar disorder because...
I'm new to this forum and recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It came as a real shock to me because I had always believed I was just depressed. I'd been to counseling on and off for several...