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Originally Posted by Rosie23
... I have ativan for anxiety, but after learning what that drug is and how addicting it is, I decided that ativan isn't "help", so I am not taking it unless I have an actual panic attack...
But I have a problem with being emotionally stimulated, like a really fun outing with friends or family, and having it cause me to be anywhere from just a little hyper to hypo and even a low level of manic.
I kind of feel like I have to keep a lid on having a good time because I don't want to get out of hand. I tend to loose the filter on my mouth for starters and once I start talking I don't shut up.
Does anyone else have this problem with this? Is it a part of being BP?
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That's a good strategy for the ativan. I have alprazolam (Xanax) to use PRN, and I'm stingy with it too. And if I'm home, even if I have a panic attack, I try to ride it out. (Mantra to self: "This can't actually kill me! It just feels like it!" Lol.)
Yes, I can get very wound up with activities. Sometimes obnoxiously so.
I don't try to rein it in all that much. You know what I say about the filter? When it's not working, I say, "The gatekeeper's away!" Haha. Which... well, sometimes it's very funny, and sometimes it's just downright embarrasing. I have a really bad tendency to say unintended double entendres. Which can also sometimes be funny, but at work? Not so great!
When I do catch myself (just as it starts coming out of my mouth, and not a second before!) I say, "TG the gatekeeper caught
that one!"
