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Oct 10, 2012, 05:21 PM
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Hi this is my first time here, and I hope I'm posting this in the correct place. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar 1, and I have a lot of issues from sexual abuse as well. I have been doing EMDR with my therapist (3rd session was today) to staring dealing with the abuse. I was feeling fairly stable, bipolar-wise, until the last week or two, and now i feel like I'm teetering on the edge of sanity. I want the abuse to stop having a hold on my life, and so I keep pushing on with the EMDR. But I'm afraid what its bringing up is going to send me into a bad depression. The last one I was in for 6 months and it nearly killed me. I've only been out for 3 months and stable. So I guess my question is about the EMDR process. Is it recommended for people with bipolar disorder? Do the fear, anger, and depression feelings stirred up by the therapy subside after a while or should I brace myself for hell on earth?
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Oct 10, 2012, 07:10 PM
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Hi bpintern, welcome
 I don't know what EMDR is, just looked it up it's Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This site PC seems to recommend it for ptsd and trauma. I read on some other sites it is recommended for bipolar. Sounds good, makes sense I think because we are more sensitive to light, sounds, people, everything. Any healing and coping skill is helpful. I think it's good but sometimes hurts to process feelings, if we don't they get stuffed and have to be dealt with eventually. If it's too much for you, I would hope your therapist would know how to guide you. Maybe it's best to power through it, or not. Maybe a rest is needed. Hopefully some people here have experience with it. But good for you for facing this stuff and looking for healing. 
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Oct 10, 2012, 08:12 PM
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I've done EMDR, and it has worked wonders for me and my PTSD. I know it's gonna feel rough at times, but believe me, it is well worth it in the end. I too have Bipolar 1 and was able to do it. The edginess is sometimes from the EMDR work, but with the work it will ease up. Won't happen overnight, wish it did. Hang in there and remember it's called work for a reason.
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Oct 11, 2012, 08:40 AM
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One thing that was stressed to me when exploring the idea of EMDR was that it will bring up difficult things, and that you need to have good things in place to keep yourself stable (enough).
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Oct 11, 2012, 12:35 PM
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welcome to the bipolar forums.
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