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08/25/2008 13:02
brat3020
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 I don't know anyone other than me who is BPII so am going to ask a dumb question. I don't alway "spiral". Is it really possible to go from feeling stable to depressed in a flash? It is what I do and just did. Scares me <tears>.

And for the dumber question: How do you make the emoticons work? When I try to insert one it just puts in text label.
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08/25/2008 13:15
grafxbydiane
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 just click on the ones to the left you want to use and they will be inserted As for the other question as a Significant ofther of someone that is bipolar i have seen the changes that fas so yes it can happen that fast
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08/25/2008 13:29
Flaco73
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 Welcome brat!

I'm BP1, and I experience spiraling at times, but more often than not, it's in a flash for me.

"Have you ever seen a one-trick pony, in fields, so happy and free. If you've ever seen a one-trick pony, then you've seen me." -from Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" theme song.
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08/25/2008 13:40
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 I'm BPII and often shift within a matter of minutes. I think part of it is due to a personality disorder I have. But my biggest problem is that I stay depressed 90% of the time.
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08/25/2008 17:56
LadyRahl
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 I can answer.

Hell

Yes.

That happens to me all the time. One minute I'm just fine and the next I feel this all consuming, painful, debilitating emptiness. Sometimes I spiral and I can feel the spiral down, but sometimes BAM, it just hits me out of the blue.

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08/25/2008 18:18
southern10
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 Its what I have rapid cycling! I can be happy about something one minute then the next 5 minutes im crying about it..... That is rapid cycling which I have being diagnosed bipolar 1...... You have to be on meds to control the cycles and moods because if you are not medicated it will get out of control...

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08/25/2008 18:22
LadyRahl
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 Times when I keep going up down up down... and so quickly I just want to cry and want to be 'like everyone else'.

When I'm stable I'm glad that I'm me and I have my 'quirks'.

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08/25/2008 18:23
brat3020
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 Well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. It freaks me out especially since I'm on 3 different meds. Thanks for responding.

I know it's a bad day when I can't get an emoticon to work for me...computers are my game <sigh>.
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08/25/2008 18:24
LadyRahl
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 You know, before this thread... I hadn't really understood the term'rapid cycling'. Always figured it wasn't me and then... whoops... it is.

Life's just full of surprises.

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08/25/2008 18:37
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 i'm right there with all of you. life can be humming along and then BANG! i feel overwhelmed with sadness. i don't know what's worse, the spiraling or the brilliant surprise of the immediate depression. ah, what a lovely disease. not.
Well behaved women rarely make history.

Thou canst not disturb a flower without the troubling of a star...from "Troubling a Star", by Madelaine L'Engle...we all affect one another by our words and actions...it is our choice whether to do so purposefully and positively, or carelessly and hurtfully...may we all bring to one another the peace that we seek...

"if you want others to be happy, practice compassion. if you want to be happy, practice compassion" the Dahli Laama
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