 |
| FAQ/Help |
| Calendar |
| Search |
 |
|
Forums Index
|
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
Forums Index
|
| Reply |
| Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
Sep 23, 2014, 04:03 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mostly on the down side, but today I feel kinda up and it just so happens to be the day the group occurs. My anxiety is what I'm battling now.
Last time I felt motivate to go I sat in the parking lot an hour prior and drove away when it was time to start. I have 1mg clonazepam but IDK if I should take it cause I've never taken before a situation just for sleep
__________________
This can't be life. |
 Tucson
|
|
#2
Sep 23, 2014, 04:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
My heart still races when I go to my group meeting, but I'm always glad that I went.
For me taking an anti anxiaty medication before I go into a stressful situation works much better than after I'm already stressed out. But please remember you have to drive home after taking it. Not sure what sort of group meeting you are thinking of going to but I have been to groups with DBSA and NAMI and they have always been a very positive experience, the people will understand what you are going through.
__________________
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.” Gandhi |
|
#3
Sep 23, 2014, 06:20 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Here I am feelings depressed but not too bad. I hope this is a sign, a good sign.
__________________
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera. |
|
#4
Sep 23, 2014, 06:51 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
my mood dropped, I took my meds because I want to be unconscious,
disappointed to myself
__________________
This can't be life. |
|
#5
Sep 23, 2014, 08:45 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
They are starting a DBSA group near me as soon as next week. Ive never been to one and we don't have any groups near me. Im pathetically excited and terrified. I have already been madein touch with the lady starting it.
|
|
#6
Sep 23, 2014, 09:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
What does DBSA mean?
__________________
Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera. |
|
#7
Sep 23, 2014, 10:19 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
#8
Sep 24, 2014, 08:44 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I love those groups. Since therapy is not covered I go & swear they are very beneficial. Almost always feel better, even if I have to force myself to go.
Best!
__________________
notALICE MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Bipolar I |
|
#9
Sep 24, 2014, 12:49 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I have never gone. The first meeting for this group is October 7 and apparently it will probably only be the two of us because its new.
|
|
#10
Sep 24, 2014, 03:42 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I've only been to a support group for bipolar a few times. Back when I had anorexia I found group therapy for eating disorders to be incredibly helpful. But bipolar support groups haven't helped me. When I first started going I was manic and talked too much and embarrassed myself and never went back. Then I moved, and when I tried support groups in my new city, I just felt so sad and depressed while I was there, for no reason at all, like I was taking on all the emotions in the room. I haven't gone back.
Then again, things like AA and NA are sometimes helpful to me and sometimes trigger me to drink. Group therapy is weird.
__________________
Bipolar I with psychotic features/GAD/Transgender (male pronouns please) Seroquel/Abilify/Risperidone/Testosterone My Bipolar Poetry Anthology Underneath this skin there's a human Buried deep within there's a human And despite everything I'm still human I think that I'm still human |
| Reply |
This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
|
My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.
Linear Mode
