[Greenfish77]

I have this fear that I'll lose all my friends by saying something rude to them. I fear I'll trip and fall and break my teeth. I fear I'll get kidknapped. I fear I'll get cancer. I fear I'll get in a car wreck.

It's normal to have some fear, but I didn't fear these things so intensely before becoming bipolar that I would be crippled by them. Now I sometimes near having panic attacks because of them and am afraid to leave my room at certain points. Have any of you had fears like this associated with your bipolar or is this just a me thing?

[99fairies]

I have GAD along with my bipolar, so yes i do have these thoughts that are induced by anxiety and worry. I try using my CBT skills or take a klonopin when that does not work. I totally sympathize with you, you are not alone in this.

[Tucson]

I have both depression and fear that borders on the paranoia. It did not used to be this way. Over time it has become worse. I think there are several factors involved. When I was younger this did not happen to me much. I think part of it is a lack of confidence in my ability to handle the unpredictable. But there is much more to it than this. There is a very irrational component to my fear.

[UpDownAround]

Must be 20 questions day/night...

And this is the second question in a row where my answer is about my head fog. This might not be irrational, though. I fear it will be exposed that I am in an altered state of consciousness 24/7 and I will lose my job, not be allowed to drive and end up hospitalized.

for the past few weeks (I think because of a bad case of agitation) this has got worse.

my latest one... why does that tv show have 1 extra commercial than it should?

urg anxiety.

it can go jump off a mountain sometimes

[scatterbrained04]

I get some irrational fears that are worst during depression. Usually along the line of I'm going to lose my job, everybody hates me, my son is going to die, my pdoc is going to have my son taken away, I'm going to be put in the hospital against my will and be treated badly, etc. That was me during the episode I had a few months ago. It made it really hard for me to see pdoc or tell the truth or accept help.