I read some stories and I just cannot believe what I am reading. Dealing with BP+fibromyalgia! Chronic pain! Diabetes! Asthma! I don't know how I would have kept going if I faced physical challenges on top of bp! Not being able to sleep seems bad enough! I am so thankful to my body for functioning like a clock! No pain aside from occasional mirgraines! The biggest physical pain in my life has been the natural pain of childbirth and that, although intense, did not last long - I had fast labors. My ex lives with chronic back pain and I just cannot imagine how he does it. Functions! Despite pain. I would not be able to. I used to have sinusitis often and when I had it, I panicked from being unable to breathe through my nose. I panicked as if I were about to die! Glad I do not have it any more! Hate physical symptoms! And just the sheer number of meds I am taking either for bp or to fight the side effects of bp meds - we are talking many meds! Cannot imagine adding more for physical ailments! What about all those drug interactions!

So if you battle something physical on top of bp, I am in awe!

The topic was meant to read "Bipolar coupleD with physical disease"