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Bipolar...am I happy or the bottom side of manic?


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04/23/2007 10:20
HelpAutismGirl
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 I've been having a hard time lately discerning if I'm just happy or a little manic. If I'm in a exceptionally good mood, does that mean I'm a little on the high end? It's common knowledge that when we're happy our entire self feels good. I always have a lot more energy when I'm happy. I feel I can get errands, etc. accomplished. I'm in "let's do this!" mode. Can I be "just happy" or is it a little mania?
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04/23/2007 21:53
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 So weird! I'm sitting here having the same thoughts about myself!

One thing I notice when I'm 'too happy', I definitely have a down spell afterwards. This sounds typical of BD but I have BD II so I don't always have classic symptoms. I was also an ultra rapid cycler so something as simple as up then down wasn't something I noticed. I was all over the place all the time.

So I guess my suggestion would be noticing if your happy is followed by a sad. If you have a fairly consistent mood without extremes you are doing great. I may notice I am having a down day but if it doesn't last more than 1-3 days I've learned that I am alright. And I have learned that moods lasting more that seven days will likely need a med adjustment.

Its good that you are tuned into your body. This will help a great deal as you fine tune your treatment.

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04/24/2007 09:41
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 My Psychiatrist said I was an atypical case. I rapic cycle several times a day. I mainly stay on the manic side. I've only had two major depression spells in two years. One lasted 2 months of sleeping 16 hours a day and having no energy and the other was me just crying for a few weeks. My dad had asked me what what wrong b/c I came home from psychotherapy crying and I told him I didn't know!

I know I can just get over stimulated with my environment and that will only affect me about 1-2 days. But I usually don't get way down. I've always been a loner so separating myself from society is relatively normal for me. I do keep a mood journal though.
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04/24/2007 13:01
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 If I had chosen to believe everything I read or learned about rapid cycling I could have easily decided that I would never find treatment. I took damn near every mood stabilizer on the market before trying Seroquel and it has truly saved my life. I never appreciated how exhausting the rapid cycling was until it went away. I encourage you to press your doc for effective treatment and don't give up. this is your life an you deserve the best. Rapid cycling is hard to treat but it is treatable!

It is common to have environmental triggers with BD,, crowds, noise, smells. Learn what your limitations are and remove yourself from triggers whenever you can. Keeping a mood journal is a great idea!

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04/24/2007 20:03
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 Seroquel was one of the first ones I took and it almost killed me. I work with disabled children and while I was at work, I couldn't tell you that day I had. I don't remember driving back and forth or teaching the children. I'm happy with the combo I'm on now and we just tweaked it again last week. So, I'm going to give it a little while.
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04/25/2007 07:21
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 Omg...I know just what u mean...it's kinda funny though I was just thinking that today when I'm happy is it because of my BD??? or is it because I'm just happy? I'll go through these phasese where I'm completely happy where I think I can do nething and be nenone and then BOOM I'm down to the point where I dont even wanna be here nemore (I'm a rapid cycler) I've had a depressive mood for the last month in a half and in between I've had ups and some days I've gone up and down all in one day my moods were so sporadic but I'm going off topic ~_~ sry ^^!. SO my psychiatrist just tweaked my "cocktail" to Seroquel and upped my topmax to 200mg so we'll see how this goes and I hope that you're doing well ^_^!
~“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

~“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”

~ August Wilson quotes (American Writer, 1945-2005)
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04/26/2007 10:33
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 Thought I'd chime in here. I"m a rapid cycler, on my highs I join everything, volunteer for everything, I'm 6 ft tall and bullet proof. My problem is the people around me now wonder if i'm manic or happy; those closest to me can tell because I talk a hundred miles an hour and have major problems keeping eye contact. When I'm in just a good mood, I'm more level. But I do worry that good moods can go overboard now. I'm not even close to the good mood stage right now though

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04/26/2007 13:26
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 My mom tells me that everytime I get angry, my meds aren't working. She's been in denial since the beginning. But I've always kept my moods/behaviors to myself. I'm a pretty secretive person. It was my friends that noticed my behaviors before my family.
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05/12/2007 13:20
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 Thank you!!! You are an exact copy of myself. Finally, someone just like me. I've read other bipolar people's comments, but they just don't hit the same points or feelings as myself. I've actually had the problem of not finding another bipolar person like myself. They all semm to be a little different from me, which really made me feel even more isolated and destined to be different, even from the bipolars, which I am. I am a rapid cycler with mixed episodes. I think you are as well. I mean I'm sorry you have to suffer with this, and trust me I know what it's like to SUFFER with this disorder, but I'm so exited to know that I'm not the only bipolar with these type symptoms and episodes. I haven't connected with even other bipoloars in 15 yrs. Wow, this is great. I mean it's not, but it is.

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05/12/2007 14:03
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 Haha. I totally understand! I haven't met anyone like me either. I know only 2 other's that are diagnosed, my cousin and a woman who is like my second mom. We all act totally different. My cousin did everything out in the open and would keep getting arrested. I tend to keep my problems to myself. When I cry, it's by myself. My parents don't like me being so secretive, but that's just who I am, even before I was diagnosed. My parents believe I'm keeping things from them, and they're right, but if I told them the other symptoms that make me bipolar, they'd flip and probably never let me out of the house again. They'd be so disappointed.
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