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ok the bf thinks i'm just depressed all the time. I haven't been rapid cycling but last week i was good and now this week i'm down. he doesn't see that as cycling. could there be something to this? I can't go to the doc until my cobra insurance get processed. i think it's the sleep med, it has taken me nearly two days to get over taking a half of one with no energy drinks or weight loss pill to take to lift the fog. please help me try to explain this to my bf or give me some insight into what might be going on. thanks in advance The voice inside my head doesn't like you either!
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When you can take him for a visit to the doctor...in the meantime, just be patient with him...explain that until the doctor changes the diagnosis you would rather the treatment of the original diagnosis. And let him read up on this disease...information is the key. Understanding bipolar disease and accepting treatment is essential to a functioning life. And i am sure that is what he wants for you. "In the time of your life, live-so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but, shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it." William Saroyan
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he says he has read up on this and it seems to him that the depression is just a part of bipolar and that maybe i'm more depressed than i am bipolar. i'm really upset cause i told him that i might just be cycling and that i don't rapid cycle all the time but it's still cycling and he called it a copout. The voice inside my head doesn't like you either!
My journey to the grave will not be with an attractive well preserved body, I will skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand and wine in the other totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO WHAT A RIDE"
Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures.
Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in you face to frown.
BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap that mother@#?!&! upside the head....ha ha
You have to love it.Cause you know we've all thought it.
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His comprehension of the reading material seems off...bipolar is both parts...although, some people cycle one way more than the other...I tend toward the manic...and have seldom been depressed. Some people tend toward the depressed...it is still bipolar disease. Maybe he is kind of denial a little and is trying to rationalize the illness...that happens...he may be working through his understanding. "In the time of your life, live-so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but, shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it." William Saroyan
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he also just said that the Abilify the pdoc put me on was for a lot of different stuff not just bipolar he want's me to call the doc monday and find out what excatly my diagnoses is. The voice inside my head doesn't like you either!
My journey to the grave will not be with an attractive well preserved body, I will skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand and wine in the other totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO WHAT A RIDE"
Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures.
Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in you face to frown.
BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap that mother@#?!&! upside the head....ha ha
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P8nt, depression and mania go hand in hand, my BP2 expresses, primarily in depression, it doesn't make me any less bipolar, what dx did your doctor give you? Bipolar 1 or type 2? and yes, your abilify can be used for many other things, than just bipolar, hell all the medications that bipolars are on, besides maybe lithium is for other things, a good portion of them are used to treat seizures. My adopted brother is on both Lamictal and abilify, he requires it for his mania, he is BP1 and tends to get out there. Your boyfriend might be comprehending the information he reads, but he probably has the old picture of bipolar/mental illness stuck in his head, from what he sees on tv, if you are not running around with a butcher knife in your hand trying to kill people or getting in the tub slicing your wrists then you can not possibly have a mental illness.. take him with you to your next doctors appointment, and have the doctor explain to him that mental illness/bipolar has many faces. Get him books that better explain what you are going through as alot of the information online do not discuss bipolar throughly.. |
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Hi, There is little we can do to make others think as we do, so just be all that you are in a peacful person, and live your life! Robert
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Hi P8nt, I lean more toward depression and my manic phases are so mild that I went for several years without realizing that I felt differently during those days. I read an interesting article this morning that says women do tend more toward depression than men. I take Abilify, too. It does treat a lot of different illnesses. I don't think that deminishes it's affectiveness in treating BP. I tend to agree with the others. I would also ask him where he is getting his informaiton. There are a lot of misleading articles on the internet. It is very easy to get some really bad misinforamtion. It took my husband a long time to accept that I have a mental illness. I'm sure your boyfriend will be ok once he gets some good information from you Dr. Take care, DC |
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thank you all for your help. i know he is upset because i've been so down and can't bring myself to do very much of anything. I'm restless and if i start to do something, i just can't make myself do it so i start to cry, i know he cares about me and is just trying to explore all options. the thing is the doc never told me i have anything just starting giving me the Abilify when i suggested i might have bipolar. I have been so restless and it gets worse when i take the sleep meds he gives me. i honestly think the sleep meds make me worse. so come tomorrow I will be calling his office. although i don't have insurance as of yet. i'm not sure what i will do. The voice inside my head doesn't like you either!
My journey to the grave will not be with an attractive well preserved body, I will skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand and wine in the other totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO WHAT A RIDE"
Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures.
Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in you face to frown.
BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and bitch-slap that mother@#?!&! upside the head....ha ha
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Hi, P8nt, first your doctor should not have just "started" you on the abilify without knowing what he was treating in the first place, do call him in the morning, and discuss your sleep med and why he is treating the way that he is, your boyfriend needs to be taught about what is going on with you, some people only believe if they hear it from a person with a MD, PHD, etc.. at the end of their names, I know for me, that until I was able to come home and say, this is what the doctor said, they didn't believe me that there was something actually wrong. |
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