[jbuttz]

Can anyone give me some info or experiences with ultra cycling bipolar? Thank you

[theenemywithin]

I cannot give you any personal experience. I do not have rapid or ultra cycling bipolar but I can provide you with a link, that may be informative to you.

http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/hom...33b95a07d.html

I hope this helps.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

I have times of rapid cycling with dysphoria which is not a walk in the park. Only thing that stopped me last time was a mood stabilizer. Currently on trileptal1200mgs with my cocktail

[jbuttz]

Originally Posted by RxQueen875

I have times of rapid cycling with dysphoria which is not a walk in the park. Only thing that stopped me last time was a mood stabilizer. Currently on trileptal1200mgs with my cocktail

how is the mood stabilizer working? I'm going through periods of doing front flips on the bed having fun to miserable in what seems to be seconds. I go so up and down that I have this feeling in my chest that really bothers me and I feel like puking would make it better (unrealistic). I called a therapist for an assessment but they haven't called me back

[~Christina]

Ultra cycling is actually rare.

Even Rapid cycling is more than 4 distinct episodes in a 12 month period ....

What some people perceive as rapid or ultra cycling is actually that the person hasn't found there personal "stable" honestly to be considered stable its at least 4 weeks of a level mood and the ability to go about your day doing what needs to be done.

Often people are having situational issues that can be confused with the randomness of Bipolar shifts ..

Yes Ultra and rapid cycling happens But so does typical situational shyt that causes everyone on the planet... MI or not to have trouble managing life.

Do you chart your moods? Thats typically a good way to see if your following a pattern.

Your complaints about chest feelings and puking ,, well thats most likely Anxiety .. Have you tried some breathing exercises or meditation too help? Mindfulness is very helpful also .

Good luck

[jbuttz]

Originally Posted by ~Christina

Ultra cycling is actually rare.

Even Rapid cycling is more than 4 distinct episodes in a 12 month period ....

What some people perceive as rapid or ultra cycling is actually that the person hasn't found there personal "stable" honestly to be considered stable its at least 4 weeks of a level mood and the ability to go about your day doing what needs to be done.

Often people are having situational issues that can be confused with the randomness of Bipolar shifts ..

Yes Ultra and rapid cycling happens But so does typical situational shyt that causes everyone on the planet... MI or not to have trouble managing life.

Do you chart your moods? Thats typically a good way to see if your following a pattern.

Your complaints about chest feelings and puking ,, well thats most likely Anxiety .. Have you tried some breathing exercises or meditation too help? Mindfulness is very helpful also .

Good luck

I understand some of my mood could be situational but it always seems to be that way. It couldn't always be from the things I'm dealing with in life but I catch your drift.

I kinda sorta started to track my moods using this site but I've never gone as far as using a journal to explain more in depth and some days I don't track it at all.

I'm on an antidepressant/antianxiety but it doesn't work for either. I read some symptoms about bipolar 1 and 2 that make me say yes and no so then I think I must be rapid because I flip and flop so much. I'm in such a weird spot trying to determine what it is. I know I have depression anxiety but I am also paranoid and I have slight visual hallucinations. Fml

[jbuttz]

I wish I could explain it better. I think in my head maybe it is just depression. Then I think maybe I have bi polar 2 then I got my fiancée in my ear saying she says I seem better but my thoughts are still all scattered like watching paint dry. I feel like I'm going mad. I'm required to stay awake since I work nights I know it's not good for me. That's when my visual hallucinations start

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Originally Posted by jbuttz

how is the mood stabilizer working? I'm going through periods of doing front flips on the bed having fun to miserable in what seems to be seconds. I go so up and down that I have this feeling in my chest that really bothers me and I feel like puking would make it better (unrealistic). I called a therapist for an assessment but they haven't called me back

Mood stabilizer is my life saver! I can't believe I've gone so many years without one. Besides the brief time I was on lithium which I got toxicity from. I went through periods of extreme anger and rage but kept it all in. I would just think horrible thoughts in my head with clenched teeth. And any sound made me want to scream! I was very sensitive to noise and sensation. No way could I be in the normal hustle of life. I was forced to start working again and that's when my pdoc prescribed trileptal. I had my dosed increased the day before I started the job and just had another increase a few days ago as I was starting to feel agitation again.

[jbuttz]

[RxQueen875]Mood stabilizer is my life saver! I can't believe I've gone so many years without one. Besides the brief time I was on lithium which I got toxicity from. I went through periods of extreme anger and rage but kept it all in. I would just think horrible thoughts in my head with clenched teeth. And any sound made me want to scream! I was very sensitive to noise and sensation. No way could I be in the normal hustle of life. I was forced to start working again and that's when my pdoc prescribed trileptal. I had my dosed increased the day before I started the job and just had another increase a few days ago as I was starting to feel agitation again.[/QUOTE]were you relieved to find out your diagnoses or did it leave you a little confused? Everyone shares stories and I think that's me to a T. It's hard for me to think I'm only suffering through depression.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Originally Posted by jbuttz

[RxQueen875]Mood stabilizer is my life saver! I can't believe I've gone so many years without one. Besides the brief time I was on lithium which I got toxicity from. I went through periods of extreme anger and rage but kept it all in. I would just think horrible thoughts in my head with clenched teeth. And any sound made me want to scream! I was very sensitive to noise and sensation. No way could I be in the normal hustle of life. I was forced to start working again and that's when my pdoc prescribed trileptal. I had my dosed increased the day before I started the job and just had another increase a few days ago as I was starting to feel agitation again.

were you relieved to find out your diagnoses or did it leave you a little confused? Everyone shares stories and I think that's me to a T. It's hard for me to think I'm only suffering through depression.[/QUOTE]

Well I was diagnosed long before I started a stabilizer. I was about 18 and in IP at the time of Dx and really, I was so unstable you could probably hit me with a car and I wouldn't care. So I've learned to adapt, what to do and definitely what NOT to do as far as meds, self medication ect. A lot of trial and error. However my family was not as accepting and I moved out soon after I turned 19. Thank god my mom left me some inheritance when she passed or I would probably be homeless or worst. I also got SS for awhile so that helped. I can't talk to my dad about anything like meds or therapy. He says "you're still taking that crap?" I've learned to live with his ignorance and own undiagnosed MI in his case. I thank him and my upbringing for my alcohol and substance abuse but at some time I have to learn its my own disease and at the end of the day only I can make my decisions on how to live the rest of my future. I admit, my life sucks. Taking meds everyday suck. But it's my hand of cards and I have to live with it. There are even times I learn new things about my illness that leave me confused, unhopeful, lost. But knowledge is power and it's good to learn about yourself. And who knows, maybe the meds that have me stable now won't work in the next year, month, week. Just pick yourself up and try again. Never give up no matter how much it hurts. If all else fails and I'm completely about to lose it I just take a PRN and sleep it off hoping I'll wake up with a different mindset. Then call pdoc asap. I take my MI very seriously and its impact on me and others around me. If there's a problem I call my pdoc right away. I've been in the bottomless pits and I never want to feel that way again!