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09/14/2007 11:13
cfl9398
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It's good to hear your experiences 10Myne. Gives me hope! I just hope the kids don't remember some raging psycho for a mom....I want GOOD memories! I hope that it helps you too Bipolar Momma too. Girl! We have hope! Cling to it for dear life, I know I am!

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09/14/2007 21:15
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Ditto! I don't want to be remembered as the psycho mom either! I've thought of giving in and getting gone from them, the world, and myself.

Hugs to all you precious folks!

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09/19/2007 08:23
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10Myne,thanks for your words and experience with your own children. It touched a special place in my heart and made me start crying. I grew up with a bipolar mother who wasn't seeking treatment at the time and life was horrible. One of my first memories was saying to my aunt at the age of 6 " please get me away from her she is going to drive me crazy" I just don't want my children to say that. Oh by the way my niece/daughter is about to be 5, and my son is 16months. I try to seperate myself from them if I feel myself being rritable,and angry so I don't take it out on them.

I can't type anymore can't see thru the tears

thank you all

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09/19/2007 10:04
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Hello!

I know how you feel about all the meds. When I was first diagnosed 8 yrs ago, my pdoc had me on some many meds I began eventually having seizures.

So, I got mad and stopped taking them all

I found a new pdoc, and told him up front that I didnt want to be heavily medicated. I cant take antidepressants bc they send me into a manic rage. So I have learned to deal with the depression by talking and telling myself over and over that I have Bipolar, so I am rest assured that the depression will vanish out of thin air just as any other mood I have.(I am an ultra rapid cycler)

I now am strictly on Risperdal for therapy... as I tend to become more manic than depressed. Although I never have seen middle ground between my moods.

I know how hard it is with raising kids and having Bipolar. Not a day passes that I don't think how much better off they may be if I weren't around. I feel the same as you do about my husband too. Those thoughts come often, and it causes alot of insecurity with me... which I discuss with my hubby all the time in letting him know that I am thinking he might get sick of dealing with me and find someone 'normal' for a change.

He assures me that will never happen. He is a great support, and understands my moods better than I sometimes.

One thing that I do when I get very angry (which is daily almost)... is I isolate myself from my hubby and kids. The way I explained it to them is that if I isolate myself, then I have no one to take it out on or become angry with. It helps me a great deal. Sometimes I just get on the computer, put the headphones on loud with music, and write in my blog.

I hope that you feel better soon. I know how frustrated you must feel, but please dont feel alone in it. We are here for you.

Blessings... kimmy

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." ~Lao Tzu

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09/21/2007 07:08
bipolarmomma
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Thank you all for your support.
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09/21/2007 12:20
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hey everyone, I as a bi-polar mom raised three kids on my own,oh their dad sent child support but thats it. Any way, to share a hopeful thought, I always thought I was doing a lousy job as a mom, then two weeks ago I was at my daughters watching her interact with my newest Granddaughter, and I said "what a good mommy you are Kristen" she looked at me and smiled, and said "I learned from the best, I had you!!!" Oh you know it I started crying, I said thank you then she was crying, that had to be one of the best moments of my life!!!

Hugs and blesses to all Kelley


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09/24/2007 08:54
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Ok we are back to trying to figure out what med to level me out. RIght now she,my pdoc, is treating my mixed emotions, i am both manic and depressed, my ptsd,my ocd, and my anxiety. Also with my mania of course I can't sleep. So she is also treating me for that. The latest one made me so drowsy the next day I literally almost never moved off the couch and would just fall asleep on and off. So I stopped that.Guess I should call and tell her. But I really don't want to. I don't want to know the next med "we" (like she's taking it too) are going to try. Try is a word that I don't like. Why can't we just know that it will work. I understand all of the biochemistry behind it and that it is different for each person, but this is just my frustration.

Well fixing to call pdoc, let's see what happens in the med trials.lol Oh I am so sick of bipolar.

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09/25/2007 04:36
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bpmomma~~

I know how feel. I am sick of being and feeling like this too. I have horrible mixed episodes the last week or two (its all blending together and I hate it). I don't have the energy to do housework or go do anything but w/o meds, I can't sleep either. I cry at the drop of a hat for no reason other then I saw something sad on TV. For damn dumb I tell ya!?!?!

I wish I could have one day where I felt good and had energy and motivation to organize my damn life. I hate taking my depakote because I always gain weight when I take it the way I am suppose to (and it makes me tired and I hat that too). I am crabby, snappy, irritated, and I hate myself when I am this way. I feel like I am only exsisting right now. I am so sick of this.................


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09/25/2007 06:36
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irishdana33........last night I cried at a football game..talking about feeling stupid....my husband looked at me like I was an alien....5 minutes later I went into a cleaning spree.....THIS SUCKS!........I told my husband I would almost rather feel manic than this because then I would know what to expect......not that I wish that on myself....I would like to be level if I had my way...but I don't
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