I'm the same way.......I "present well" and am quite high-functioning, but inside I'm a hot mess a lot of the time. Most people I share my diagnosis with are genuinely surprised to learn that I'm bipolar. But the only thing that holds me together during severe mood episodes is dignity, and sometimes even that fails me.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com
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