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I live with someone who is almost always condendscending, mean, irritable, talks down to everyone, lazy, feels entitled, etc
LAst weekend, it was unusually bad. Nothing I did was right, everything was wrong, we had the cable shut off and I had to do a million things to get it back on for my kids, messy house, laziness everywhere. (I know this isn;t a healthy living situation, but it is all I have for now). I have been sinking lower and lower into a bad depressive episode...it all started last SUnday. I am "late onset BPII", diagnosed and started having symptoms at 44. I didn't know that anything could trigger an episode. I thought they just came and went? It hit me that this all started last weekend. Any advice??? Thank you |
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__________________ Dx: BP2 and MDD Current meds: 100mg Wellbutrin; 200mg Lamictal; 400mg Seroquel at night; Xanax 1mg/PRN; 100mg/PRN Trazodone at night for insomnia Diagnosed in May 2016 |
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I am sorry you're living like this. I had a similar situation for 10 whole years! (Although I'm bp 1 I still have my triggers and get depressed). The one thing that helped was getting my own place. I know I know. I thought I'd never do it either. But the planets lined up with section 8 and here I am. I hope you feel better. One thing that helped me was getting out as much as possible- a coffee shop with a friend for example. Listen to your favorite music. Have you taken DBT? They do a section called distress tolerance which was very helpful to me. I used to call the psych ER all the time (or go in). My med record is sobering to read. I hope you find peace! Not just this month but always. You deserve it!!
__________________ Wellbutrin XL 300 mg Loxapine 50mg Ingrezza 80 mg Ativan .5 mg 2x/day Propranolol 20 mg 2x/day Mania (December 2023) Mixed episode/Hypomania (September 2023) Depression, Anxiety and Intrusive thoughts (September 2021) Depression & Psychosis (July/August 2021) Mania (April/May 2019) |
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I've been dealing with BP for over 35 years.
The things I've learned about myself is when things change for the worst or I feel myself spiraling out of control, I get to my Pdoc asap. This usually means a medication change. Sometimes a new round of intense therapy. The worst case for me is letting symptoms control till I must be hospitalized. I hate that. More than once I've lost the ability of coherent speech. Your case may be milder than what I experience. But I have 3 guidelines 1-make sure to sleep every night Eat is #2 3- tell someone-don't isolate. __________________ Bipolar 1 Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Ocean--Thank you. Change in meds might be needed. I had a great night last night, and good day today until this afternoon, then it all went to crap. I think I am rapid cycling. This is a sucky way to live. Thank God we all have each other to lean on...people that aren't sick can't understanf
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Hi Jace!! I am glad I am not the only one with late onset. It is literally like learning how to live all over again. How to deal with the highs and lows, triggers, things that help, etc. I am too old for this crap!!!!!!!
I did email my pdoc (she is wonderful) and I am sure she will respond tomorrow. I think I may be rapid cycling now...last night, and most of the day today, I felt pretty darn good. Today about 4:00, it all went to crap. Ughhhhh Do you rapid cycle? |
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I hope you hear from your pdoc soon. __________________ Dx: BP2 and MDD Current meds: 100mg Wellbutrin; 200mg Lamictal; 400mg Seroquel at night; Xanax 1mg/PRN; 100mg/PRN Trazodone at night for insomnia Diagnosed in May 2016 |
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I used to work with a girl who would talk to me like I was stupid. Or maybe it was my anxiety and thinking she hated me and thought I was an idiot. But I hated working with her. And when I did have to work with her I would get anxious, depressed and angry.
I def am triggered into depression by certain things. For example the other night my cell phone got disconnected and I went into a pretty bad depression because I felt hopeless for not being able to pay my bills. __________________ "Life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself." |
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For me, depression is sometimes just situational. I don't always blame my down days/weeks as a product of this disorder. I do have extremely deep & long-lasting depressions that can be treated with meds, but blaming situational issues on BP is a cop-out for me.
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The situation you're in sounds a bit toxic. It could make a person who does not have MI to be depressed. I hope you can talk to your T or pdoc about this. {hugs}
__________________ Eat a live frog for breakfast every morning and nothing worse can happen to you that day! "Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be left waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged Bipolar type 2 rapid cycling DX 2013 - Seroquel 100 Celexa 20 mg Xanax .5 mg prn Modafanil 100 mg |
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