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#1
Dec 21, 2015, 12:45 PM
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I know that bipolar is different for just about everybody. I'm curious, how much time do y'all spend feeling "normal", like time between episodes and such?
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#2
Dec 21, 2015, 12:48 PM
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I've been stable for over a year.
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#3
Dec 21, 2015, 12:58 PM
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I am currently in my third month of good stability after a very tumultuous year and a half.
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Dec 21, 2015, 01:30 PM
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I'm currently enjoying a fourth month of stability, which I hope to continue. In the past my periods of relative stability would last from a month or two to a year or more.
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Dec 21, 2015, 01:35 PM
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I had a good month of average moods but things have been hellish again lately.
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#6
Dec 21, 2015, 01:50 PM
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over a year of stability
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#7
Dec 21, 2015, 02:00 PM
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Months, but prior to that I was a wreck for a long long time. Haven't felt this well in years. Gotta keep the faith that I have the strength and ability to maintain.
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Dx: Bipolar I ( from old psych) - (current psych/therapist unsure if they agree) Rx: Lithium 900mg, Lamictal 400mg, Wellbutrin XR 300mg, hydrochlorothiazide 50mg (for lithium side effects), PRN Xanax .5mg, PRN propranolol (for tremors) 20mg Familiar with OCD tendencies |
| furiousfever, LettinG0
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#8
Dec 21, 2015, 04:53 PM
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Thanks guys! Got me feelin optimistic!
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#9
Dec 21, 2015, 06:15 PM
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I spend very little time 'normal' as I rapid cycle. This year I have spent about 4 months in total stable and the rest either hypomanic, depressed or mixed. At least I haven't gone full blown manic. Previous years I have had continuous episode after episode but Lithium seemed to stablilise me enough to enjoy 'normal' moods for a change.
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Dec 21, 2015, 06:44 PM
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Dec 21, 2015, 08:12 PM
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I've been stable about 3 years and high functioning about 18 months.
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#12
Dec 21, 2015, 09:27 PM
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I am neither manic nor depressive, but I am not normal either. The meds make sure of that.
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Dec 21, 2015, 09:35 PM
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I wish i knew what normal was it's been so long since i've been stable.
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Dec 21, 2015, 09:46 PM
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Angelshocker, I'm sorry. I feel you
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Dec 21, 2015, 10:08 PM
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I've spent years in a stable state..but it took dedication, a schedule and healthy eating , and a T to stay relatively stable for that time
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#16
Dec 21, 2015, 11:45 PM
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Other than this year, I think I spend a fair amount of time stable or mildly depressed.
But I'm feeling much better now after getting off of gabapentin, so hoping for stable times ahead! I think I spend a lot of time mildly depressed though.
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#17
Dec 22, 2015, 12:12 AM
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I've been stable for almost a year. That is different from being "normal", but I'll take 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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#18
Dec 22, 2015, 08:18 AM
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I wish I could remember the last time I felt normal. I had a job 5 years ago I hated. I haven't a manic episode since july-september of 2014. But the depression and GA likes to hang around. We'll see how these meds turn out.
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#19
Dec 22, 2015, 08:48 AM
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I tend to go through about 4 years of instability and then have 2-3 years of stability. That's without meds. Time will tell if that holds true while on meds. It feels like maybe it won't be like that now.
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Dec 22, 2015, 05:27 PM
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Yeah I feel like I'm kind of like that but like a couple stable years (I mean permitting some depression...nothings perfect!) And then a couple years of mass mayhem
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Dec 22, 2015, 08:08 PM
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Thinking normal and I get allergic reaction, it's rather in the scope outside of bipolar, rather than to think about what's normal, I just play the cards that I'm dealt with.
Ask the manufacturer, because it's the settings on a dryer!  Perspectives changes everything, what seems to be normal ain't normal any more. New normal, is it still normal? |
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#22
Dec 22, 2015, 08:14 PM
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I think I've been stable for about a month now. Still trying to rein in the depression.
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