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06/25/2008 10:15 PM
fasttimes
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I've been suffering bipolar since I was 13 years old. I was diagnosed with bipolar around 13 or 14 and I've been on different meds. I'm currently on Lamictal, Seroquel, and Cymbalta. Reason to my diagnosis to my bipolar is it comes from my maternal side of the family and I used to get bullied very often. I also suffer from anxiety disorder too. I've lost boyfriends due to my episodes with bipolar attacks and it's just so hard because it's hard to control it. I'm fortunate enough that I haven't lost any friends due this. The most I've done to them is make them mad or irritated with me. I still freak out sometimes when something frustrating happens to me, but I'm doing a lot better.

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06/26/2008 04:15 AM  Top
norma
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Hey, fasttimes...glad you found us...I have bipolar and so does my son. He was diagnosed at 14 and is 26 now...he does fine on meds.

Make yourself at home...you can join in any discussion, or start one of your own. And check out the Lounge Section...there are lots of interesting discussions there. The Awake Thread in the Lounge is an open discussion of our day to day things....just jump in anywhere.

Post edited by: norma, at: 06/26/2008 18:19

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06/26/2008 08:32 AM  Top
feathersla
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Hi there , I am Laurie .
No matter what always keep your head held high , And definately Know your rights .

06/26/2008 10:24 AM  Top
scorpio6gunr
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i feel loneley even in groups and am low alot.

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06/26/2008 12:43 PM  Top
golferel
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Hey scorpio- welcome! Feel free to post here anytime! There was a certain thread (wish I could remember!) going around where many people admitted to feeling all alone in a crowd of people. My bipolar definitely gravitates toward the depression so I can sympathize. I, too, am a scorpio and sometimes we are real hard on ourselves... Take it easy and know you have scorpions with you!
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
The leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost

06/26/2008 04:55 PM  Top
carmen33
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hi, Fast, welcome, have you told your doctor about having these problems? perhaps a adjustment is needed, meds are suppose to help you, and if they are not then it needs to be addressed..

Hey Scorpio, I think a lot of us feel like that, lonely in a crowd, but we can get better with therapy.

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06/26/2008 06:02 PM  Top
armymom8486
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Hey fast, Really glad your here. Welcome to the fam! I love it when new people come in. I love to hear what you have to say. You can even butt in here and it's not considered rude.LOL

Scorpio, I feel alone in a crowd all the time. I feel like everybody knows my condition and there all starring at me. Weird huh? Like I have a sign on my forehead annousing it.

"These are the days of our lives" LOL

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06/26/2008 07:19 PM  Top
lobo
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Welcome fasttimes and I think you've come to the right place.
"A man is not defeated when he loses, he is defeated when he quits" Richard M. Nixon

"If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on earth" Abraham Lincoln

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06/26/2008 09:55 PM  Top
fasttimes
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golferel wrote:

Hey scorpio- welcome! Feel free to post here anytime! There was a certain thread (wish I could remember!) going around where many people admitted to feeling all alone in a crowd of people. My bipolar definitely gravitates toward the depression so I can sympathize. I, too, am a scorpio and sometimes we are real hard on ourselves... Take it easy and know you have scorpions with you!

I don't get a welcome. =(

Thanks everyone else!

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