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#1
Jan 12, 2017, 05:34 PM
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Bipolar really kicks the you-know-what out of me.
The catastrophic thinking. The zero-to-ninety conclusions. The aggrivations, the irritability, the aggitation. Sorry to you all. Sorry to myself. |
 Anonymous45023, fishin fool, gina_re, Icare dixit, Justbyou, Musician1980, Turtlesoup, Unrigged64072835
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Jan 12, 2017, 06:11 PM
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I have definitely been there! It’s draining. You’re not alone in what you’re going through!!!
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#3
Jan 12, 2017, 06:22 PM
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Me too.
I'm not looking forward to another episode. I am looking for new meds. Can't stand myself right now.
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 Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Jan 12, 2017, 06:23 PM
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Me too.
I'm not looking forward to another episode. I am looking for new meds. Can't stand myself right now.
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Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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#5
Jan 12, 2017, 06:25 PM
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Yes, it's tough. No question about that. It's not your fault though. Bipolar is a beast that will consume everything you let it. Stay strong!
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“Then what is your advice to new practitioners”? “The same as for old practitioners! Keep at it “. Ajahn Chah Bipolar 1 PTSD Social Anxiety Disorder Panic Attacks Parkinsonism Dissociative Amnesia Abilify 15mg Viiibryd 40mg Clonzapam.05mg x2 Depakote 1500mg Gabapentin 300mg x 3 Wellbutrin 300mg Carbidopa/Levodopa 25mg-100mg x 3 |
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#6
Jan 12, 2017, 06:41 PM
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I've been struggling with mixed episodes lately & the irritability is just off the hook. Usually closely followed by anger then guilt at being irritable & angry-then the catastrophisizing (spelling??) begins. Fun times.
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"This is just a moment in time. Step aside and let it happen."-Inara from Firefly  Bipolar Disorder Depression Generalized Anxiety Disorder OCD PTSD Insomnia Chronic Pain Prozac 30mg daily Buspar 10mg three times daily Propranolol 10mg three times daily Currently titrating up Lamictal daily Ambien 5mg prn Trazodone 50mg prn |
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Jan 12, 2017, 06:44 PM
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Some people never reach conclusions. Accuracy isn't everything. Speed matters. Taking risks can be a good thing and being very careful when planning for the future as well.
We do the right things but overdo them. Then we try to do what we're not good at at the expense of the things we are good at. Meds can be used as stabilisers, but they shouldn't slow us down, force use to be what we're not: we shouldn't be afraid of going fast to win the race if we're not steady.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Jan 12, 2017, 07:19 PM
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BP really can be all consuming and wear you out, at least it does to me. I am tired of being tired all the time.
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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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Jan 12, 2017, 09:18 PM
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Oh yes. Any situation take my brain to the absolute worst case scenario. Pretty much all my life
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Jan 13, 2017, 04:40 AM
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Oh, I didn't know catastrophic thinking could be part of bipolar. I am at it right now. Everything I do, everything that happens, everything I don't do and every tiny mistake leads me to thinking apocalypsis is knocking at my door.
Getting a call from my landlady leads to me thinking I am going to be thrown out of my flat and ending up homeless. Having a cough due to a cold is long-expected lung cancer. Not studying much right now due to too much work will lead to not passing my exams. I know I am exaggerating but can't stop. Is that what you mean by catastrophic thinking? |
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Jan 13, 2017, 08:10 AM
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It's not really part of BP if you do it when you're not depressed. Then it's part of an anxiety disorder, BPD or psychosis. BPD or (not borderline/mild) psychosis if you very strongly believe it. It generally is about people/institutions that will cause the catastrophy.
If you are unsure whether a catastrophy will happen and it causes enough anxiety that you have problems functioning, it's an anxiety disorder. If you know it's an exaggeration, it's not due to depression or being psychotic, borderline or otherwise, if you fear a catastrophy while you think at the same time it probably won't happen.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Jan 13, 2017, 02:41 PM
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In the same boat. Debilitating depression combined with anger and Irritability. Those are new for me. I'm a newbie to bipolar. Still learning. The Irritability is awful. Trying to contain it is so hard. Ygh
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Jan 13, 2017, 05:25 PM
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Been there so many times I know what you are going through.
 Hope you feel better soon.
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I traded it in for a whole 'nother world A pirate flag and an island girl |
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Jan 13, 2017, 05:51 PM
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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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Jan 13, 2017, 08:52 PM
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I'm there right now.
Thinking that I'm going to be lonely for the rest of my life. Not getting a match on a dating website after 5 days and thinking that I'm **** and no wonder nobody wants to be with me. I made a typo in a work document the other day and thought that it was a sign that my ability to work was over and I needed to just quit. Worst of all is that my thought processes head into suicide all the time. All the damn time. I read and read about it. I think the reading about it is what keeps me alive as I realise it's damn hard to do |
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