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Jan 06, 2010, 03:25 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2008
Location: in the glitch inside my brain
Posts: 2,160
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Originally Posted by LovebirdsFlying
Correct me if I'm wrong, Berries, but are you bipolar? Is your brain slowing down, causing you to be in this cycle? Are you coming off of a manic phase, or cycling into a depressive?
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Yes i am bipolar. But I am on a mood stabilizer and I am on a hefty dose of an antipsychotic. So, i don’t get manic anymore. I do get hypomanic though. But I think I was in a normal happy mood for 2 weeks, and then I got triggered and my intrusive thoughts hammered me down, every single waking moment. And that is what caused the crash back into depression.
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Originally Posted by justfloating
when I'm feeling well, to write down what it is that's lifting my mood. She says that when we're low, we tend to forget that there are things we can do to help ourselves, and we become unable to even think of what those things are. I keep a list at the back of one of my notebooks and when I'm not feeling good, I try to force myself to do one or two of those things, and it usually helps. Maybe it's something you could put together when your mood is a little better, both as proof that you CAN feel better and suggestions for how to get that way.
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That is a good idea. I need something like that for when the intrusive thoughts start or just when I crash for no other reason than my brain can't take being hypomanic anymore.
Thank you Rebecca. I think I'll work on it in therapy this week. My T always has good ideas. Maybe we can come up with a written plan of "to dos" and maybe even some "not to dos"
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Last edited by Berries; Jan 06, 2010 at 05:26 PM.
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