Silver Linings Playbook

there is just one brad pitt... the one who cheated on Jennifer aniston .... i guess he might have been generous with it... with his money i mean ....

he is a great actor... i liked his abs from fight club.... wanted those... but i dont know what effect those protein/creatine supplement will have on my bipolar.... so i currently dont have six pack abs...

True but did he really cheat? Who knows, I think he was attracted to Angelina then left his marriage. Maybe I'm being too generous he reminds me of an ex of mine and well.....we certainly weren't good for each other, but we sure we're generous to each other he was bipolar as well. In our manias we were so freaking....I won't say. Hopefully u get the pic. Man now I'm missing him. He is not good for me must remember that.

Loved the movie. My story looks very similar to the one of Pat except I'm done with the "get in shape part". All the cast is awesome, Bradley Cooper is surprisingly good. The end is a bit cliche but overall it's a must see movie.

Actually my mother-in-law has sever self care and although at one time was very fashionable lady, is now the very oposite. Most of her clothes look like she pulled them out of the trash they are so full of holes and stained. She also sometimes doesn't brush her hair for so long it becomes extremely matted and we have to cut it all off. We just recently had to have it done. her hair was like a giant solid knot on her head. Sometimes she does not shower for 3-4 weeks at a time. She often just sits on her bed and only gets up to go to the bathroom or smoke a cigarette.

thats sad... age does that to people... thats why everyone watches those vampire movies... thats actually unconscious reason... everyone wants to live forever,stay young,beautiful and strong forever... thats why we read fantasy... anything to get away from reality... i dont want to know if my bipolar will worsen with age... i am going to pretend bipolar symptoms will reduce in old age... i think carrie fisher will disagree but....

She's only 50 years old, so she's not old at all, in fact she is quite young although she tries to act like she's an old lady. She was diagnosed in her mid-30s.

if you think about it brain is the most complex organ in human body... people are often sick with liver/kidney/heart/lung diseases but nobody really thinks about the brain... as if there wont go anything wrong with it... i am not asking for sympathy but i don't like hatred and discrimination we face.... "stigma" is just too mild word to describe harsh facts...

Maybe people forget the brain because it's in the skull, which is like armor or a shield.... it's kind of an abstract thing if you think about it. Although it's there, I think when we think of the head most people think of the face and not the brain.

I'm going to it tonight. I asked T (called her) she said trust urself. It is so very adorable my son who is 17 really likes Jennifer Laurence. So he's exciting too.

Agree so much...I couldn't have put it better. I had a doc tell me once, we know a lot about lungs, heart, etc but we are just now studying the brain. They r learning new things everyday about it. It's fascinating.

So my son and I finally saw it. It was ok, not great to me. Honestly it contributed to me feeling sorry for myself. My life has been far more difficult than his. I know, I'm just stressed and tired. I did enjoy Jennifer Laurence and her performance, she was great.

Thx for reading.

Loved it. So funny. I identified with the quote about "white knuckling" it. I found myself nodding in agreement. I thought it was hysterical when Pat and Tiffany are discussing meds and side effects over dinner... have been in that situation before. Just about cried when he was out of his mind, couldn't control it and couldn't see it for what it was. i.e. looking for the wedding video, anytime "My Cherie Amour" was playing etc.


It was a fun drama/comedy movie and the acting was fabulous. I really enjoyed it.

Age? When I was about 20 or so I was quite depressed, matted my hair up something fierce. A few weeks without showering and a pony tail will do that. I had to get help and about half a bottle of conditioner when I finally wanted to brush it. As for clothes? I think I went about in my pajamas if I even went out at all.

Heck today I went shopping and threw my clothes on over my pajamas, which may have been sticking out and because I couldn't be bothered to shower just put a hat on. I haven't done laundry in about three weeks and I will wear whatever covers me up and if it can double for something to sleep in even better! I wear office attire to work but even there I will sneak my pajamas in underneath. That way I don't have to bother with changing into them again. I'm quite thin so I doubt anyone notices an extra layer on me on the days I care and the days I don't? Well, why bother?

do what i do.
wear your clothes to bed.

ive been wearing my clothes to bed for 5+ years now. every. single. day.

i cut my hair short so i dont have to comb it plus i like the look of messy hair

and i dont shower but rarely. maybe once a month. so thats maybe...12 times a year on a average i shower.

i dont do this cause im lazy though. i have a paranoia of showering and being naked and not having my weaponry on me. been like this for a long time actually. paranoid people will get me wherever i go. your not safe even in your own house.

I get in trouble for not being "put together." You know, hair styled, make-up.... blah blah blah. My self-care is not so good since the bad time happened. but, I don't do the "put together," thing even at my best.... hard to be put together on the outside when the inside is a whirl wind tornado.

I watched it with my friend. I thought it was great. I saw a little of myself in there, my counsellor too.

I'd buy the DVD.

I liked the movie as it portrayed people with chronic mental illness in a positive and sympathetic light. As a bipolar1, I did not identify with the main character, however. Maybe because he seemed to have BP 2. I still enjoyed the movie and found it entertaining and hopeful.

if he was chronic then what is chronic? if hes chronic then he makes people worse off than him look they should be in state hospital for life. am i wrong?

also
did they say what type of BP he had?

No, all bipolar is chronic. What chronic means is it is a life long illness with no cure. For example, diabetes is also a chronic illness on the physical side. I use diabetes as an example because they are two illnesses that although they cannot be cured, they can be controled and managed by eternal efforts.

The opposite of chronic is acute, which means it is a short term thing and will go away.

ok i see.
didnt mean to say it like that.
anyway -
cause thats not how chronic and acute is termed for schizophrenia.

in schiz - acute means basically something triggered the episode and while youll always have schiz youll still be able to goto regular functioning with meds in between episodes.

in schiz - chronic means its an everyday continuous thing and you get a lot of the negative symptoms too not just positive and meds may not help chronic schizophrenia.

its also diff with each doc but thats generally what it means for schiz. ive been termed with chronic schizophrenia from different hospitals because a lot of meds dont help me and nearly everyday i have positive symptoms and also negative symptoms cause i have depression too.

This is good to know. I didn't know it was different for schiz.

Not to get too symantical but as Newtus said major mental illnesses are chronic as in permanent. Symptoms can be treated to reduce their severity but the illness remains incurable. Many acute symptoms are transitory like mania, depression and psychosis. At least my acute mania and acute depression while severe and awful subsided thankfully with treatment. I have worked with some schizophrenics who unfortunately are resistent to treatment, remain in a psychotic state and are typically in a residential setting.

I so agree with this statement. Bipolar Disorder is a chronic spectrum disorder much like Autism is a spectrum disorder. Each one of us is impaired in someway and our symptoms are similar but slightly different. I don't like to get caught up in the classification as to whether it is Bipolar I or II or whatever or splitting hairs in a diagnosis. It all sucks. Each episode sucks for anyone on that spectrum. It is impairing to a degree. I think the clarifications are more for insurance billing purposes anyway. IMO

i agree except i dont completely understand why people say its for insurance only. if your saying the difference between say bipolar or schizophrenia - the clarifications can be for a lot of things. meds - insurance - disability papers - etc. even though a lot of people with bipolar take antipsychotics too. but when you say the difference between say diff types of a specific disorder - the clarifications being only for insurance still doesnt make sense. then you wonder 'well why not just say you all have bipolar and scrap the 1 & 2 classification - just say bipolar - its only for insurance to read' right? its ALL very important. the main thing is is dont let it eat you up until the end of your days. i had problems with that - a lot do. but its very important each classification. its there for a reason. i think 1 of the biggest things that wrong is that pdocs tell clients that "dont worry about the specifics". you have EVERY right to. YOU hired those docs - THEY work for you. the main issues are bothering YOU so why not find out every detail and work on it. also some people dont even use insurance with mental health care - and then what? does the doc not even tell them any diagnoses? the statement is flawed.

with all respect though.

Well, now you have all these Dr.s that have new CPT codes for billing that they have had to learn in just the past couple of months, they are stressed out about getting it right for insurance purposes. So yes, they do have to have the specifics. I happen to have a psych that never got into those specifics with me. "You have Bipolar Disorder" was the diagnosis. I suppose it doesn't matter so much if it is I or II or VII or whatever. I have spent time in the hospital, I take a cocktail of meds. I work with a psychologist. Ifind it impairing from time to time. I know that I am prone to mixed episodes. I know roughly how long those last before it becomes severe depression. We hit every specific thing there is as it pertains to me and what works best for me. I know I have an anxiety disorder. I tell my Dr. everything. So the specifics about "which Bipolar?"... doesn't matter so much to me. I am getting the right treatment for me. I love my pdoc and trust them 100%.

I will say that I am a phlebotomist and I do know how to read labs and codes. My blood work is done about every 3-6 months. The initial billing code of why I am having the lab workup is not always the same. So I don't read too much into it.

I know those specifications are very important to other people and they find it helpful. The relationship between Dr. and patient is a very important one and what ever works for you provided you are getting good care is the most important thing I suppose.

I am just giving my experience.