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05/03/2009 05:25 PM
bipolarbutterfly
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Hello everyone. I haven't been on in months. I'm feeling really depressed. The darkness of the night is the worse. things are pretty okay. My dream of publishing my book "Bipolar Girl" has come true. My book will be released next month. I should be so happy and excited. However, every night I cry myself to sleep. I have really bad insomnia. The only way I could sleep is with at least 600mg of seroquel. a lot of times I pray I don't wake up. To top it off I have a girlfriend who has been nagging me everytime we talk. I feel like nothing I do makes her happy. The bad thing is she has untreatable lung cancer. I feel bad but I'm just not happy anymore. I feel like I long of joy that never has through go through the rollercoaster. I'm feeling really distressed...any kind words of enouragement will help
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05/03/2009 05:32 PM  Top
uppitywoman
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Butterfly, I am sorry that you are feeling so low. I can understand the depression over your girl friend. But I think it's great that you are publishing a book. That takes a lot of effort and patience and you can feel good about that. I hope you are talking with a dr. about your insomnia. Getting some sleep would really help you right now. I just want to encourage you to hang in there. Soon you'll be autographing copies of your new book and I think that is fantastic.

I do encourage you strongly to see your pdoc as well about this. Your meds may need to be adjusted. Take care and keep posting.

Post edited by: uppitywoman, at: 05/03/2009 06:25 PM

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05/03/2009 06:41 PM  Top
bipolarbutterfly
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thank you so much your words help. I have talked to my psychiatrist. He thinks I should just drink warm milk to sleep and sleep natrually. He doesn't understand how it feels because he is not in my shoes.

Thank you for the encuragment about my book. I need to be strong for my readers and my career. I work in mental health.

take care and God bless

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