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Originally Posted by dijmart
Thanks for the replies!
Seems like it's pretty common with Bipolar since many of you are also suffering with not being able to tolerate stress. I did tell Pdoc last week, however he already had made med changes during that visit, so he said nothing when I brought up not being able to tolerate stress. I will ask my therapist today if the mania caused this because I had never had a full blown "manic" episode before, it had changed my dx from Bipolar II to Bipolar I....
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If you've had your first recorded manic episode, then you can at any time experience a mixed episode, but in any case, you must protect yourself from high stress and anxiety if at all possible. Among the "situational triggers" that can cause a person with bipolar to decompensate, stress and anxiety are at the top of the list.
Certainly, your pdoc and therapist together can help you with a customized plan of attack (so to speak). I've found that "coping skills" help me quite a bit. Even posting on this site is a great stress reliever, but unfortunately, we cannot avoid all sources of stress and anxiety and here's where the proper medicine added to the mix can accentuate your personal plan. Whatever you do - don't go
postal!