WOW...congrats on the weight loss! I think my dad had bi polar or something, he certainly was the most intense man I ever met. Looking back, I bet he did. The diagnosis makes sense, but I just don't...
Hi guys...been awhile. Whew, I have met with all of my docs since I last posted. We are awaiting blood test results so we can adjust the depakote accordingly and see what else we can do. I have been...
I just read the link provided above by The Lady Dragonfly. If only I had known all of this at 11 years old. Now I am 31, a mother, wife, and complete wreck/mess, no matter the cause. It is what it is...
Thank you all for every bit of insight!!!!!!! I completely agree with you Lady Dragonfly, in that I am angry about the schizophrenia crap. I have not ever hallucinated(that I know of),though years of...
This might be a little off course, or alot. I don't know. I thought I was the only one anxious or scared of meds. It seems just by reading posts, that I am not alone in my struggles with medication....
/community/emoticons/nono.gif If this is an inappropriate question I apologize. I am just trying to sort this whole "thing" out. Quick history before the questions. I started smoking marijuana by...
I am praying for Gary. And for all of mankind this night, really. But for you Gary, I send out a special prayer: May the lord bless you with the most unbelivable white light full of warmth and love,...
/community/emoticons/cool.gif Well, don't know if it's all of your humor and advice, a normal mood swing, or my bp rapids kicking in but I feel better today! yippeee lol. Thanks for the cheers. I am...
Hi guys. Pursueded my 2 yr old to jump on my bed to check in. What's a pdoc? A Psychiatrist? Yup, for going on 5 months, he just upped my depakote, and wants me to take 3 kolonopin a day, but they...
The mania I have been flying high on is slipping away. The angry, irritable, emotional wreck is now taking over. I feel like I am sinking and I am unreachable. I hate my self, and really have to get...
Hi! I am recently diagnosed as Bipolar NOS with rapid cycles. ( on top of social anxiety disorder, general anxiety disorder, and blah blah blah, I'm tired of it all...) What that means, I guess I...
Newwie...I often feel if I colud have my dr or family read this be in my brain they could understand what Im saying or want to say. The fact you are still here is great. No need to apologize, though...
Hi, Newwie...I just could not stop thinking about you all day. I hope you are alright, I am worried. Please know people out there care and unconditionally love you. Reach out, if you have not done so...
Hi Christina~ I too have just recently been diagnosed. I am scared, and relived at the same time. Just remember that you are never alone...one of us is out there just waiting to either support you or...
Rosie and all, thank you for the kudos and thought. I need it. we all do. my mom is a sp ed teacher, and is burnt out. she thinks that it's all B.S. labeling and excuses. there is so much love yet...
~manicmama ...
my heart aches for you newwie! i read your comment and i want to be there hugging you, and understanding your despair. im crying now for you, me, chelle, warren, rosie, and everyone else who has ever...
Hi Rosie, and every one! thank you for such openness and warmth. i will check in every day or so, i need this group. when i was detoxing off of methadone, paxil, and valume i was in a womens group...
thanks warren. you know the difficult thing is that im super close to my mother. sometimes probably in a non theraputic way, but i think #1, she does not think i have bp. and if she even agrees that...
good morning all...its 5 30 am and i gotta run, but i can promise myself one thing. I'll be back asap. thank you for the warm welcome rosie and all! now i regret flushing my kolonopins,but...oh. My...
Chelle, i feel like you wrote what i was feeling, am feeling and have been feeling. uor hubbys should join a forum too. i thought i was alone in my own chaotic thoughts, worries, dilemmas,...
. i flushed my script[b] of kolonopin in fear of addiction, im on depakote, in a stage of hypomania, with rapid cycles that last a hour. im a wreck. i read all of your forums and cried cause i knew...