Questions: Bipolar version

My sex life is awesome.

What is the best thing about having bp?

Hypomanias for sure

Do your animals (if you have any) help you with your bp episodes

Yes I have two cats. They make me smile everyday.
When was the last time you weren't constipated because of psych meds?

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Well, I've been on psych meds almost 19 years.....

Although really I had meds in place that were controlling the constipation pretty well until I went on Clozaril so I guess 4-5 months ago

do you take benzos and if you do does that worry you?

Yes 2 mgs of ativan for sleep. Didn't want to go on them. Long story. Will be coming off them soon. My new psych nurse doesn't like them. Scared to come off...

Do you have a hard time sleeping

Have had a hard time sleeping since I was a kid. Even with the meds I'm on now I have nights I don't sleep.

Do you go to any support groups ( IRL or online)other than here at PC?

Not BP support or any other mental illness groups, but I do go to an addiction support group.

What is the best BP book (fiction or non-fiction) that you have read?

None. Only read the funnies.

Do you stand out?.

Never.

Do you have an Oedipus or Electra complex?

no.

what is 1 thing bipolar has taught you

To be more patient

Do you feel like you've felt things normal ppl just don't feel

Yes. I feel deeply and mourn deeply and love deeply.

Do you like to sleep?

No, too many crap dreams.

What is your comfort food that really works in making you feel better?

Roast pork.

First sign of bipolar?.

Not too sure, either running across a race course topless or trying to off myself.

Both which happened around age 15.


Question: What has Bipolar taught you about yourself?

That I am not invincible or invisible.... I am only human and like everyone else I get sick but my sick is in my head...... I am fortunate to never be really ill physically

Question: Do you have friends who are mentally ill? If so is it a healthy relationship, if you don't have friend's who are ill would you like someone who is mentally ill to be your friend?

I have a friend who is not dx but she is definitely bipolar, sometimes she is very triggering for me....she will literally flip switches in the course of a conversation....fine one minute then everyone is doing her wrong the next. She is very supportive of me though and I will never not support her back!!
What's the worst side effect you've ever had

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Are you sure your friend is BP and not BPD????


Worst side effect? Stupidity


Question: Best side effect?

Sleep

What was your longest depressive episode

14 months.


Question: What's your best Bipolar experience?

When I would be hypo and take my son to this big park here and we would feed the ducks and explore the park for hours. Then we'd go to this huge bookstore and look at books and I'd get a coffee and he'd get hot chocolate and I'd buy him a couple of books he really liked. We'd discuss the importance of reading. Then we'd go to this really good pizza place and have pizza and I'd have their salad bar. It's a fabulous salad bar. And we'd talk and talk. Then on the way home we'd stop at toys r us and I'd get him a couple toys. We'd have so much fun on those days. I would also bake more. He loved it!

Do holidays stress you out?

Christmas is usually the worst because it reminds me of the not so good times as a kid when my biological father was never around.

Are there any specific colors that are considered a trigger or warning for you?

I have no trigger colors, but I do get sensitive to blood in movies. The redder the blood, the worse my reaction.

Do you consider yourself more weird than average?

Not really, but I'm on the inside looking out sooooo...lol
Have you ever been so manic that you thought you had super powers?

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Well I've been grandiose like I'm going to save all the abused animals I can but not super powers no, lol

Do you like the fact that you feel things more intensely than non bipolars