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#76
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Many months, maybe a year at most.
Has your Bipolar worsened with age?
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#77
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Yes. I had my first psychotic episode, several years ago after Lefty left me!! lol
Kidding. It was the stress of a breakup and several days of intravenous cortisone and a trip to Europe. I freaked out. What medicine is your favorite? Meaning works the best for you. You can only name one.
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#78
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Quote:
Valium is sweet honey in the rock. Do you listen to the same song(s) thousands of times when manic? |
#79
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Yes. I have a few songs I love.
Do you have substance abuse issues? If you do, elaborate.
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#80
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Does your illness follow a regular, predictable waveform or is it nonlinear? |
#81
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Both. There are predictable times such as the change in seasons. Then there are "events" that usually cause mania. Examples are vacations, celebrations, holidays, etc.
How often have you been hospitalized?
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#82
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Never.
Do you receive scrips from a mail-order distributor? Does your mother remember me? |
#83
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My mother is dead.
Is bipolar a gift or a curse?
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#84
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when I was first diagnosed, I would have said 100 percent gift.
it would be unfair to say I walked out screaming I have bipolar, and jumping for joy, because I didn't but, to finally have someone put a name to something you felt for so long... yeah, it was... not, a happy time, but a sort of relief to know I wasn't the only weird person in the world. fast forward 15 years.. and i'd call it a curse their are so many things attached to it that are... unfair? the stigma is the worst, and that's not even a psymptom. things like rash decisions and crippling depressions and loss of friends and dreadfull imsomnia and and and and... question: if you could touch bipolar (if it was an object), what do you think it would feel like? |
#85
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The ocean. Your mood changes with the tide.
If there was one symptom you could completely "cure" what would it be?
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#86
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Anxiety.
What is the best sign that you're going manic? |
#87
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Staying up all night, involved in too many "projects."
Does Bipolar run in your family? |
#88
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On both sides.
Do you have other mental illnesses in your family?
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Anxiety, depression, schizophrenia
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#90
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okay.
heres a really random question if you were creating your own bipolar commercial (either for a drug or for the illness), what would it involve? how would you advertise |
#91
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I would try to be as factual as possible because I think too much information about bipolar and treatments is not as truthful as possible.
Is a cool fall or a hot fall better for your mood?
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
#92
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Hot fall? I live in a place with a short fall season and I would like it to be a bit longer.
Do you get weird sound distortions when you are turning manic? My hearing gets strange. Certain sounds amplified and I can't tell where they are coming from.
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#93
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Yes! My therapist has various sounds I can hear or am disturbed by in his office that he can uses to tell if I'm manic or not; manic I hear them, otherwise I don't.
Does someone in your family help you when you are not doing well?
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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#94
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My husband tries really hard.
Q. Here's a 2 parter.. 1. How many hours a week do you spend on forums? 2. How many forums outside of PC do you belong to? |
#95
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I don't know how many hours but a lot. I'm on PC and a figure skating forum.
Do you YouTube as a distraction?
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
#96
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Rarely and if I do it's usually looking up bands.
Q. Are you able to forgive yourself? |
#97
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Not easily. We work on that in therapy a lot.
What is the nicest thing your therapist or pdoc has ever said to you?
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
#98
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You are very bright
What is the one piece of advise you'd give to your younger self if you could? |
#99
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Work outside the home, even when you have kids.
Regrets about a manic period?
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"I get knocked down, but I get up again..." Bipolar 1 |
#100
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Oh god yes left a 100k a year to drive across country because I was being chased.
Q What gives you peace?
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