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newton89 Posts: 1
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For me, it's all my side effects from my meds. Sleep problems, weight gain, difficulty concentrating...What are yours?
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bfly Posts: 4061
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The look that some people give me when they find out I have bipolar disorder... it can be a look of horror, a look of pitty... even when it's a look of genuine sympathy it's painful to see... sometimes I swear it's like I have a third eye! I can think of many negatives, but I can also think of some positives- like my creativity and intelligence, my empathy and compassion... it ain't all bad! Good thread to start! Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Kahlil Gibran
"The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being." Carl Jung
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Leo F. Buscaglia
"Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with."
Robert Frost
"God doesn't give us more than we can handle, I just think He overestimates my strength!" lol- me
Bipolar I, PTSD, Bulimia, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia
Lithium 1500 mg; Lamictal 400mg; Busparone 60 mg; Armour Thyroid 30; Visteril as needed |
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YorkieLove Posts: 7028
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That I'm a shell of who I used to be before my breakdown. Still after several years. The profound lack of motivation. Lisa
My advice is purely personal. I am not a Doctor and there is NO substitute for getting proper medical diagnosis and advice.
Bipolar II, Depressed Severe
Lamictal 400 mg
Seroquel 150 mg
Effexor 150 mg
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sumanic Posts: 2251
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for me it is having my meds tweeked so often, the side effects, and I agree with bfly. That look is terrible, I have had people say I am not bipolar, others ask does that mean your crazy and still others that sympthany look. And those are family members. I also agree on the good qualities. Bipolar 1, Mixed Episodes, Rapid cycling, PSTD,ADHD Recovering Marijuana-Addict Alcoholic.
Seroquel 600 mg
Lamotrigine 400 mg
Bupropion 450 mg
seroquel 25 mg as needed for anxiety.
Seroquel xr 200 mg as needed for mania
Hydroxyzine hcl 1-2 tabs as needed for anxiety
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ZadieBlue Posts: 3742
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Having it cause symptoms while simultaneously being told that I can't use Bipolar D/O as an "excuse". What does this really mean??? Also, confusing: My pdoc has 2 phone lines with voice mail -- one regular one, and one for "urgent" matters or emergencies. I never know which line to call!!! Wish there was a medium / intermediate line . . . . Z "I'm going to quit -- dried turkey." - Anonymous
"I forgot my mantra." - Annie Hall
"Knocked me on the head and sent me spinning
It was a blast I can't remember the last time
Stand between two poles and hold your arms up
I'll kick me over your head and stock down . . . " - Throwing Muses
Female, age 37
Bipolar I (mild)
• Episodes / cycling happen most often during Spring and Fall allergy season; some dissociation possible during episodes.
• GAD dx 12/11, PTSD traits, ED (in recovery)
• Boarding school survivor :)
PSYCH:
Adderall 15 mg x 2 • Prozac 40 mg • Ativan 1.5 mg • Geodon 120 mg • Starting Lithium again
(Levothyroxine 50 mcg • Atenolol 12.5 mg x 2 • Clonidine 0.1 mg x 3).
ALLERGY / ASTHMA -- (Winter / Spring cocktail): Levocetirizine • Alvesco HFA 160 mcg • Ketotifen Fumarate PRN • Flovent • ProAir PRN
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youngfilly Posts: 3067
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loss of cognitive ability. Used to have a great memory but now I struggle to remember anything that happened more than 1/2 hr ago I am not a Dr and therefore are not able to provide medical advice, the opinions I express are mine and based on my experiences and should not be taken as anything other than my opinion.
You awake as if from a nightmare to find yourself standing in front of a blank wall, dazed with no idea as to how you got there.
You feel something in your hand. You look down to see you are holding paint brush, you are confused. Out of the corner of your eye you see a table, on that table is some paint. The colours make you feel happy and safe, you look to the other side, and there is another table with paint. The colours are dark and remind you of your nightmare, a chill runs down your spine at the thought of it.
You look back at the canvas and see something you missed before. Now you understand. you chose a colour, and begin to paint.
Above the wall was written,
Your life
*Youngfilly*
Inspiration i found in the shower a few yrs back :) |
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Two things: feeling fragile and concerned about what will set me off. Hyper-vigilant. The second what YorkieLove said. I have't recovered from a major episode and it's been some years  Can I say three? Having to take meds. Then, I am grateful to have meds. My older relatives had nothing but lithium. If that. And they certainly didn't have a neighborhood psychiatrist. It was locked wards or out. Nothing else. 
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platelet60 Posts: 282
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"Retrospective falsification" is the most frustrating.thing to.me. I have no accurate emotional memory, whatever emotion I happen to be experiencing now feels like the emotion I've been living in forever, and will continue to live in forever into the future. That's how it feels. Which can.be extraordinarily dangerous while depressed -- there's no hope of anything ever changing, because it *feels* unchanging, on an.intuitive level. The very organ you need to properly evaluate and protect against your sickness, is the same organ that is affected by your sickness. Jesse
Lithium 1200mg
Risperidone 2.5mg
Lamotrigine 200mg
Bupropion 400mg
"As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave." -- Solomon ibn Gabirol
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake
Not a doctor or a therapist -- you know the deal. I hope that someday my humble opinion and experience, taken with a huge chunk of salt, can help somebody. |
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JustJulie62  Posts: 925
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Lack of concentration, and motivation, although I am trying to get that back..the motivation "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" - Oscar Wilde |
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I will forget what I was going to say within minutes. |
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