Today its just not an issue...so glad about this!!

[wing]

Big plans to spend all day outside today, until it rains at least.

I can't figure it out today; not sure if its my moods in flux or maybe they are not fluxing. It's like I feel the depression lurking but the mania is keeping it at bay. Then again, maybe its the other way around.

All of the talk about overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis here is making me paranoid. I want to yell out "it's not me", but will that make it worse? And what about the ones who suspect that it could be them? I imagine they are paranoid out of their minds, but now I'm projecting.

[gary290]

I had a good father's day. I stopped taking Risperdal about a week ago - dealing with irritability but much better today. Slept a lot this weekend - I think avoidance of negative feelings. Dealing with negative thoughts about job. Found some CBT podcasts that seem helpful. Happy Monday.

[A Red Panda]

Originally Posted by Mandrec

All of the talk about overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis here is making me paranoid. I want to yell out "it's not me", but will that make it worse? And what about the ones who suspect that it could be them? I imagine they are paranoid out of their minds, but now I'm projecting.

It's not just you...I've suspected the bipolar since I was 16, and am finally going about starting to get it dealt with.... and I already had issues with "am I/aren't I/am I just nuts/am I imagining it?" so... the frequency of those conversations has definitely been making things worse! It makes me feel all sorts of negative emotions and I can't really word it.

Anyway. I actually came into this thread to proclaim that my stomach hurts and has been hurting on and off for a few days. I suspect it's from working my way off the sertraline. It annoys me!

[couldbeworseiguess]

I managed to get out of bed today and start work before 10 for the first time in about a month, so I guess that's a win.

On the down side, now I'm working.

[anneo59]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

saw this one in the borderline forums- so figured i'd start one here also.

just a place to visit daily and check yourself in... i guess.

let us know how you're doing and stuff....

took too long a break, need to get back to work now, enjoy PC like usual, take care all!

[Darth Bane]

Guess being sick didnt help my sleeping

whenever i am sick my mood is the worst...

today was ok i guess. i need to do one stressful task day after tomorrow so i tried to "procure" xanax .i don't take any meds but i am so anxious. if i tried to ignore it and the day didn't go as i wanted, it pushes me into mania. i don't want to take xanax but i am planning to keep it as backup. and i really dont want to spend next three weeks in mania...

[Nessa213]

Originally Posted by Darth Bane

whenever i am sick my mood is the worst.

I was severely hypo back in February (I'd actually say manic but my pdoc disagrees) and got a really bad cold for almost a whole week of it. It was honestly awful. Because I wasn't sleeping my body couldn't recover from the cold. But! I was in a GREAT mood at the same time. Fun but not at the same time.

I found a new binge song today:
Jump Rope by Blue October
Find it. Listen to it. Love it.

[Christina86]

Hello everyone,

In the other forums we have here, we close threads after they've reached 100 pages or 1000 posts. Bipolar doesn't get too many of those sorts of threads, but this is definitely one which fits that criteria!

I'll be closing this thread, but please do feel free to start a new thread on the same topic. Cheers!