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Jun 29, 2014, 03:35 PM
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Everything the past few weeks have been going great. I feel great, making goals and plans, gardening, working out, hubby and I are doing good (great actually, he is trying in our relationship).... Im scared. Am I just on a manic high? Am I going to bottom out? I dont feel manic, I feel happy and excited and looking forward to each day.
Im scared guys, Im really scared. When I crash, Im really going to crash.
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Jun 29, 2014, 04:26 PM
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Enjoy this stability. Good things can and do happen!
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Jun 29, 2014, 04:28 PM
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Have you ever tried to practice mindfulness? It's all about staying in the moment, not worrying about what has happened in the last or what will happen in the future. Most of us have that same feeling of dread when we're happy because we never know if it's real or not. But then that ruins being happy, doesn't it? I've learned to be mindful when I am feeling well so I can enjoy it. Even the last time I was hypomanic, nothing got out of control, so I was able to be mindful and just enjoy the high: I almost managed to forget about bipolar for a couple of weeks.
Look up some mindfulness meditations and see if you can practice a little. Waiting for the other shoe to drop is awful and just puts you through needless suffering.
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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Jun 29, 2014, 04:40 PM
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I agree with Wildchild as always .. Mindfulness is the way to go .. Just do a quick self check and go about enjoying the happiness !
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Jun 29, 2014, 04:42 PM
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Yeah. Just enjoy right now. It is all we got!
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Bipolar 1 ~ 300mg Lamictal, 4mg Ativan
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Jun 29, 2014, 05:23 PM
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Are you thinking you're hypomanic? I'm sure you know your own illness better than any of us, but sometimes we BPs tend to over-think our emotions when there's nothing there that's pathological. You could be just having a good time doing what you enjoy, and that doesn't mean you're going to crash. Of course, you could, just as you could go high, but that's just part of the disease. You sound fine to me.....enjoy it while you've got it.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Jun 30, 2014, 04:14 AM
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Thanks guy. Deep breath, relax, enjoy, and repeat. I see my therapist tomorrow. Bipolar is sad when your afraid of being happy.
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I asked God to keep me safe from my enemies, now half my friends are gone. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bipolar I MDD -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamictal-100mg Effexor-225mg Trazodone-100mg propranolol 80mg |
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