Acceptance

Are you seeing a doctor? on medications? being open with your husband is important because you are going to need his as a support system, people other than us can generally tell when something isn't right, like us being depressed or being manic, My husband can tell if I am extra quiet that there is a likelihood that I am depressed, or if I am really cranky I might be in a hypomanic state..

I'm new also. I just found out last year that I may have bipolarII. A coworker noticed my symptoms and I reported them to my therapist.

I cried most of the day yesterday, but I'm better today.

Keep in touch!!

I think this group is a good idea.

Welcome!

I am taking 600mg of Lamictal per day, I believe it is probably the highest dose a person can take. Co-workers, spouses, parents, siblings, friends can all see a lot more than what we can see sometimes, many of us have to depend on our support systems to know what is going on that we might not see.

For me when I get on one of my crying spells I have to look at everything going on in my life, do I have a lot of stress? do I have something such as a illness beyond the bipolar going on? have I been sleeping and eating right? etc.. all these can be factors, and if there are not any of them, it's the bipolar and time to talk with my therapist and doctor to find out what it is.. I get quiet and withdrawn in depression, cry and sleep a lot, and if I am in a hypo, odds are I am either in a very happy, go get'em mood or I am just about as cranky and irritable as a person can get, short of killing someone..lol..thankfully I haven't been in one of those moods in a long long time..

This group is a great place, we have groups now for just about every illness or challenge around..

Keep posting, join in on ongoing threads/topics/discussions, start your own if you have questions, etc..

Carmen

Post edited by: carmen33, at: 07/10/2008 16:04