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Jul 07, 2011, 03:38 AM
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Hi everyone I am new here so here is alittle about myself. I am a 36 yr old female with Bipolar I mixed, ADHD, Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety. Alittle over a week ago I was full blown manic for 12 days and got about 15 hours asleep total. Then I crashed. It was all do to thinking I didnt need my meds anymore that I would be ok so I stopped taking them. Needless to say I wasnt ok and I am back on them. But Here I am again having yet another manic episode a week later. Seen Dr yesterday and he says if it gets that bad again then come in and they will give me a shot. I signed up for this group for people to talk to. My husband is very supportive but really doesnt understand and my mom isnt supportive at all. I just need someone to listen and understand what I am going through on a daily basis.
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Jul 07, 2011, 10:19 PM
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Welcome to PC, I hope PC can help you like it has hellped me
 Sorry you are going through such a rough time, I can understand going off meds... I can't count how many times I have done so too - always to a bad ending... Hope your meds can kick in quickly and bring you back to a stable mood ASAP 
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 I can do all things through him who gives me strength
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Jul 07, 2011, 10:54 PM
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welcome astone
i manage to stay on my meds because i am so terrified of going back to where i was and it dont want to be that messed up again. well i will go off them for a day or two or three but i will always tell close friends who will encourage me to get back on them and remind me why i take meds and i will quickly do so. i have spent 30 years cycling my life away in misery and now tht i am stable i would like to keep it that way. there is lots of good support here at PC. |
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#4
Jul 08, 2011, 12:26 AM
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Well this manic epsiode started this past tuesday.(this is after the 12 day epsiode) seen pdoc on wednesday i told him i was ok. Dont know why I lied to him just did. Not taking meds again. The more people remind me to take them the longer I dont take them. Tues, Wed, and Thurs morning I started out real anger and irritated picked fights with everyone. By Thursday afternoon I was on cloud nine. See therapist Friday afaternoon. And thanks to everyone for the warm welcome
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#5
Jul 08, 2011, 12:31 AM
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Thank you all for such a warm welcome. I started another manic episode this past tuesday (this is after the 12 day long one). See pdoc on wednesday he asked if I was ok and I lied and told him yes. Dont know why I did I just did. So tues, wed and thursday morning I was very irritated and angry. By Thursday afternoon I was on cloud nine. Needless to say I have stopped all meds including diabetes meds. And the more people remind me to take them the longer I stay off them. I see therapist Fri afternoon.
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Jul 09, 2011, 05:38 AM
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Welcome astone131. I was heading right into that direction these past couple of days. Needing little sleep was my warning sign but nothing I took helped. I too had gotten off my meds many of times but finally I have decided I will give it my all again and stay on them. You say your husband is supportive but does not understand. Mine was the same way too but we bought a book called Loving someone with biploar disorder by Julie Fast. It really did help. I read the book in two nights and have been able to communicate for once very well with one another. It has examples of converstations, thoughts of how you think in different phases of BP, ways to recoginze them to help you redirect or for him to understand where you are in in BP. My husband and I finally can have a good converstaion without so much of the yelling and getting frustrated with one another cause he did not understand or I could not help where I was coming from with the BP. I hope you may read it and find it usefully. It has exercsies to do together. It can seem overwhelming but I just showed my husband the examples that related to me and then made a simple chart for each of my states like depression, mania, hypomania and psychotic. I be glad to share my chart with you if you like. Just let me know. |
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#7
Jul 09, 2011, 07:58 AM
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Yes please I woul dlike to see your list. Thank you. Went to the dr yesterday they gave me a shot of Adavane (sp) and a 2 mg pill of the same thing said go home and take 3 Geodon and go to sleep. So I have been alseep since yesterday about 4 pm and just woke up this morning. I think the mania is finally pasted and hopefully I can contiune with success on taking my meds.
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