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Originally Posted by moremi
My mom is currently only taking effexor. She is not under the care of a pdoc currently and her gp prescribed effexor for her and its not acting the way an antidepressant would in me if I were to take it alone and she is most def bipolar. Shes been on it alone for about a month now.
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I've been on mine alone for 7 weeks now. I've been on it in the past and seemed to be the med that worked the best for me, minus the times I seemed to get manic on it (which I later found out was probably due to the bipolar that i'm doubting I have lol)
I had some pretty out there times for the last couple of months of last year that ended up in me seeing a pdoc and the diagnoses but I kinda ran away from it and i'm coping alot better on the Effexor.
Other anti d's i've had are pretty much all bad news for me though. Especially the SSRI's. I think my brain is just so indecisive and thoughtful. Nothing new really lol.
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Originally Posted by NotCrazyLikeYou
Yes, it's called having a low self-esteem with anxiety. You start to doubt whether you're cool enough to be bipolar. You look in the mirror, you hesitate. It's a standard of excellence, so of course, you're going to sometimes question whether you got hired based on your resume, the color of your skin, the size of your penis, etc
This is the true test.
Take a piece of paper and start writing down all the stupid, insane crap you've done in your life, list them all out, and if you can see a picture of a deranged person, then you're probably doodling and you can't follow simple directions. But post your results anyway, we need a drawing/art thread here
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Trust me, i'd win last prize in the drawing thread lol. My best drawing would be some stick figure sheep with a cloud as it's body.
I think to start with I didn't want to be bipolar, as it's such a scary sounding thing. Even having my close friends say ohhh no you can't be bipolar, and them having generally no clue about it either. Guess I ran away from the diagnoses and seem to be coping just on an anti d which in my mind goes 'oh yeah you're only depressed/anxious'
My head is pretty scrambled today, i've had a few big life changing things happen in the past week which is probably what got my lurking self back on here (even though I swore i'd stay away as i'm 'not bipolar') and here I am. The jumpy thoughts and completely changing my mind about things 10 times in a day. Things like that. I've been contemplating studying 'something' and changed my preferences at least 5 times in one day. Then the next day did it again, so I haven't been the 'normal' person i've been hoping I magically am now.
Not to mention the warped conversations i've gotten into with people that just seem to think I have an 'awesome imagination' and that's not even 1/4 of the goodies tucked away inside my brain. And once again i've gone completely off the main topic.