How Often Do Think About Having BP?

it's a very interesting question- because i have other issues too, so i go from thinking about BP, to thinking well... if i didon't have it, and still had my other issues anyway- would my life be any better

but i do think about it a lot- especially if i'm in a bad place.

funny thing is, i'd be lost- i'm so used to living like it i'm not sure what i'd do if it was gone without it

I have to think about bipolar every day since I have to take meds for bipolar twice a day. I hate to say forever.

I never think about it. I just mindlessly take my meds and get on with life. the things that I can't do cuz of it I either accept or find ways of doing them anyways, lol. The times that I do remember/think about it, it sends a chill down my spine and I quickly avoid the thoughts of it. lol.

I think about mine daily because hey, that is how often I have to take medication for it.

IOP intensive outpatient. Usually in consist of going to classes/group meetings 4 days per week for 3 hours.

I dont think I think of bipolar, when my head is thinking to much, im trying to stop it, I thinking of stopping it,when I come here Im hoping to learn something, share, and chat, so I m not sure if I am thinking of it or not, maybe i do when I respond to someone, i dont know

Daily when I take my meds. Then also when something makes me think of it like that late line interview that James posted... threadOr when I'm thinking about if I really have it or if its all a mistake... Or when I'm feeling up or down.

Every second of the day. The baseline energy in my head does not work right. It fluctuates too much and I've never been able to manage it. (And at this time I have zero outside stresses.)

Recently I got positive responses with low doses of ritalin and adderall but they did not last long. The baseline energy in my head immediately stopped fluctuating, stayed constant and leveled off. I wasn't drained at all, I could focus on doing things and not worry about managing my mood.

My Doc told me that some agitated BP people (I'm agitated depressive) respond to the ADD meds and become relaxed so we gave it a shot. I can not tolerate the anti-psychotics or I don't respond to them.

I have nothing but time on my hands right now at 49 and SSDI since 2004.

I think about it daily, but I take strange comfort in it. I've only known since aug of 2012, but it explains so much.

I do hate it, though, and I wish I didn't need meds to function.

If I am in a cycle of depression, I can hardly think of anything else. I have trouble concentrating and the days drag on forever. During these times I become convinced that I'm not bipolar....that I'm just severely depressed. I can't remember ever feeling well.

But when I start to feel more stable or slightly hypomanic, I try hard to just enjoy my life and not dread the day when the depressions returns with a vengeance. I try to make plans, set goals, but I think in the back of my mind, I fear that I won't be able to see the plans through if I am depressed. It's hard...

It's daily. Quite a few times each day, but not hourly.

Not very often anymore. I did used to think about it all the time tho.

All. The. Time.

I dont think about it too much. When I am depressed or coming out of a depression I think about it, I just know its going to come back again anyway. I take my meds twice a day mindlessly. At the moment I feel like I would have the same daily struggles if I was bi polar or not, Im trying not to use bi polar as an excuse as to why I cant keep up with real life.

All the time. If I'm not dwelling on it then I'm monitoring my symptoms for meds increase or decrease. Obviously I think about it every time I take my meds as well. It's with me all day every day.

Rarely. When I'm doing the work for my T I think about it. When I notice that I'm in an up or a down then I think about (focus on it consciously to get my sorry little butt out of it as well as I can).

At least once a day if I am feeling ok or slightly hypo. Because I have to constantly tell myself to not commit to anything because you don't know where your mood will be.

If am really down or in a mixed state, constantly, because it feels like hell.

I haven't been Manic in a long time. But if memory serves me right, in Mania I don't think anything is wrong with me and I might only think about as I don't have bipolar.

Still having acceptance issues, so think about it a lot.