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Old Mar 29, 2017, 09:20 PM
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Nope, I was relieved to know there was a label to describe exactly what I've been struggling with and never had any reason to think I was misdiagnosed....especially since all physical health problems were ruled out.

Which medication side effect causes you the most trouble?

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Old Mar 29, 2017, 09:23 PM
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Clozaril's sedation. I need 10-14 hours of sleep per day, usually at least 12. We keep messing with the dose but haven't found a happy medium between sedation and working so I just sleep a lot. It makes it hard to plan to do things or to do things I want to do.
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 06:06 AM
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what would your bipolar superhero name be?
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Listen as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
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Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 08:13 PM
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Captain Drug-destroyer, capable of resisting every med man has ever made.

Now that I remember to leave a question (sorry), how many hours after taking meds does it take for you to fall asleep on average?
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 04:45 AM
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At the moment after taking 100mg of Seroquel or 20mg of Olanzapine, which I refuse to take now du to weight gain, (both with 2mg of Clonazepam) it takes me hours to get to sleep. I am just so wound up. Normally those meds would put me to sleep within 45 mins.

Can you sleep without meds?
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 05:17 AM
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At the moment after taking 100mg of Seroquel or 20mg of Olanzapine, which I refuse to take now du to weight gain, (both with 2mg of Clonazepam) it takes me hours to get to sleep. I am just so wound up. Normally those meds would put me to sleep within 45 mins.

Can you sleep without meds?


no

and still struggle with them

how many diffrent meds do you take in a day
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 09:39 AM
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I take 4 meds, morning, noon and night doses.
How much does depression effect your day to day activities
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 10:07 AM
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Normally not much as I tend to be more manic but recently it has been affecting my daily living unfortunately. I am struggling with getting up and sleeping and making it to places without getting a taxi. I am struggling to function during the day without feeling exhausted.

How much help do you get from friends and family?
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 06:06 PM
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A lot. I live beside my mom so she can help me, which also means low rent. I usually eat at her house once a day and she helps me with housework a few times a month, more if needed. She also often goes shopping with me as I hate going alone.

What is your favorite internet distraction?
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Supernatural

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Old Mar 31, 2017, 07:06 PM
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What's the last thing you ate?
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 07:50 PM
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Well, I had a double expresso milk drink. I guess that counts as food.

What is your favourite non alcoholic drink?
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Old Mar 31, 2017, 08:00 PM
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Vanilla latte

What time do you go to bed?
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I go to bed about 9 but usually am awake until 12-1. I have a long process to unwind.

Do you act happy most of the time in therapy?
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Old Apr 03, 2017, 12:33 AM
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Sometimes but I've been seeing this guy for six years and he doesn't buy it so I act how I am. Works better that way and is a big relief.
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Old Apr 03, 2017, 04:27 PM
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What is the longest you have seen a therapist?
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Old Apr 03, 2017, 04:33 PM
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10 months for individual therapists. I've been going to a group therapy for about 3 years fairly regularly.

What type of therapy have you found most helpful?
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Old Apr 07, 2017, 08:42 AM
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CBT, I guess.

my friend bethany suggested it to me, and I do think it works

(I just forget to use what i've learned, which defeats the object)

if you suspected bipolar before your diagnoses, how long before your diagnoses did you suspect it?
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Old Apr 07, 2017, 07:25 PM
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About 6 months. Before that I was convince it was the PTSD, BPD and Depression causing my symptoms. Now I am only diagnosed BP1.

What were your first symptoms that indicated you were BP?
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Old Apr 07, 2017, 08:14 PM
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Insomnia. I never slept normally, even as an infant (so much I was prescribed phenobarbital at a few months old but my mom was scared of her comatose baby and only used it once--thank God, I didn't need more issues). It just kept getting worse.

What symptom frightens you the most?
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I don't know actually.

what scares me the most are flashbacks, but that's not related to the BP

if you're asking which bipolar psymptom scares me the most.. I don't know.

how much (on a scale from 1 to 10), would you say you accept your diagnoses
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Old Apr 08, 2017, 06:37 AM
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10. I was pretty sure when I was diagnosed and I was diagnosed by someone with a ton of expertise in the field so I knew I could trust his opinion. I never doubt it. (Helps I never get euphoric manias).

Do you need help to manage adult life (bills, housework, etc)?
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10. I was pretty sure when I was diagnosed and I was diagnosed by someone with a ton of expertise in the field so I knew I could trust his opinion. I never doubt it. (Helps I never get euphoric manias).

Do you need help to manage adult life (bills, housework, etc)?


I certainly need help to manage finances.

if it were me it would all be spent on junk. so.

do you enjoy the summer?
Thanks for this!
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Old Apr 08, 2017, 11:11 AM
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Yes, I like the summer. Shorts and t-shirts, that's me! Beaches and water parks with the kids.

Did you guess you were bipolar or what the diagnosis out of the blue to you?
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