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#1
Jul 17, 2020, 09:15 AM
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Pretty much what the title says. I'm pretty sure everyone who has had multiple episodes gets tired of the constant episodes and never being sure what's going to happen. How do you cope with that?
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#2
Jul 17, 2020, 09:33 AM
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I can't dwell on it. I have to accept it, accept the situation fully and totally, and move forward however I can, otherwise, i am dead.
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#3
Jul 17, 2020, 11:08 AM
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I'm not sure, I guess I just kind of hope it'll go into remission at some point.
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#4
Jul 17, 2020, 11:57 AM
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A cogent comment.
I often feel discouraged and resentful about having BD. I look at friends I've grown up with who have it all going for them...solid family life, nice cars, own homes in nice neighborhoods, good credit, and so on. I do feel grateful for many aspects of my life. My kids are doing really well, I've traveled a lot. All the same, I've been a slave to med side effects for almost all of my adult life. My "social life" is, basically, my pdoc and my therapist. They're who get most of my focus every week. I have plenty of resentment about having a mental illness, also about growing up with too much suffering with my home life. About all I can do is never give up hope for stability and peace of mind. I keep working toward them. I do recognize that because of my illness I see and hear some beautiful things, and feel life much more deeply in a way that neurotypicals don't. Maybe that's my trade-off for the nice house and the new car.
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#5
Jul 17, 2020, 11:59 AM
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I'm basically in remission. Get a good psychiatrist it matters. I get bored and than find goals and things to aspire to. I'm now aiming for more achievable things. I think big and am a dreamer. Thinking less big.
I try to let my illness define me but i have to consider it in all i do.
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Son: 14, 12/15/2009 R.I.P.  Daughter: 20  Diagnosis: Bipolar with Psychosis. Latuda 100 mgs. |
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#6
Jul 17, 2020, 12:12 PM
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Radically accept (DBT skill) thst I have an illness. I can live with it.
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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#7
Jul 17, 2020, 01:50 PM
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I'm stable but that I take meds twice a day is a constant reminder. Only the fear of what might happen keeps me from quiting my meds. I feel that things will be fine for awhile. But then when I no longer expect it the **** storm will hit and the meds that work now will no longer work! So I just accept it.
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Nammu …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
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#8
Jul 17, 2020, 03:46 PM
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I'm exhausted from fighting, feel like my shrink isn't even in my corner. No call this week to see how the huge med increase from last week went. I'm adrift and losing.
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#9
Jul 17, 2020, 10:28 PM
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Quote:
I'm sorry 
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#10
Jul 17, 2020, 10:34 PM
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I am sorry, swimmer. Maybe a new pdoc?
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#11
Jul 18, 2020, 01:07 AM
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Over the years I have learned to remind myself during an episode that it is only temporary and if I can wait it out things will get better.
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"I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society. |
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