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08/21/2007 16:54
moody
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This is my first kind of support group/site that I've tried at all. I was diagnosed with bipolar two years ago now and it's a very frustrating disease. Medication changes suck and still falling into a cycle really makes me mad. I struggle greatly with managing this other than being willing to take my meds every day. At first I didn't want to do that and felt like I was weak somehow because I needed medications, but now I just accept that I will always have to take meds. It's the establishing a routine that is especially hard. I like to be spontaneous and rebel against being told what to do and I feel by having to have a steady routine seems to much like someone telling me what to do. With medication the ups aren't as up anymore, which I do miss, but the downs take me too far down and I still can't recognize my triggers until I'm deep into a depression. I'm just now coming out of a down cycle and it's been tough and meant another med adjustment. I never feel that others in my life understand this illness because they just want me to "perk up".
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08/21/2007 17:22
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Ditto. Ditto. Ditto, except for the depression part. With the medication, I've had mania instead, but I feel and understand everything you've stated as your misery.

This is also the first support group other than friends, family, and co-workers I've come to. It has had a wonderful effect on my ability to acknowledge the condition we live with.

I have met some very nice and understanding folks here. They have their ups and downs just like me. We are all striving to manage the same things: family, jobs, friends, and so on. It is very, very encouraging to know we are not 'alone' and to hear what the supporting family members have to say about the condition of their bi-polar loved ones. I find that area very, very helpful. That is to see the view of how the behavior effects loved ones and to what degree it is understood/felt.

Hope you helpful support here on this site and make some genuine friends, too!

With His Grace,

msbimbo

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08/23/2007 11:12
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I agree wholeheartedly with everything that you are saying. Med changes suck...until something right is found. To keep the routine up; I take my morning pills with my birth control pill and my evening ones usually 1 hour after dinner before bedtime. The mania in me is almost gone; but I get the low depression quite frequently and I have been through a recent med change right now and so far (I mean so far) it's working. I have a tendency not to do anything when I am depressed, but I find writing in my journal keeps track of the ups and downs so I know I might need a "tweek" in my meds.

This group has been very supportive and I have found things out through reading other postings and I hope that others gain some insight in what I am saying too.

Hang in there!!!!

You can live with the bipolar disorder, not let bipolar disorder ruin you...


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