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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 15, 2024 at 07:52 PM
#881
I want a doggie so badly, but I am not allowed to have one in my building, which is just as good because I am out a lot and I would feel guilty with him all alone at home.
 Have you ever read any bipolar-themed books? __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Wise Elder
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Apr 15, 2024 at 07:55 PM
#882
Lots of non-fiction. Some fiction but I tend to not like them b/c the bipolar in fiction rarely is like mine and I get frustrated.
Same question. __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 15, 2024 at 07:59 PM
#883
I read one book that I felt that I could have written better, lol. I forget the name of it, but she was so focused on mania, I think she might have been manic when she wrote it, and they actually published that hot mess.
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Wise Elder
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Apr 16, 2024 at 10:54 PM
#884
No. I hate them. Now that I'm more stable it probably wouldn't be so bad but when I've used them in the past it was a disaster because I tend to be mixed more than anything else and I never mastered documenting feeling up and down at the same time. Now I don't need one.
What is your favorite thing about spring? __________________ Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1700 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 1.5 mg clonazepam., 50 mg Seroquel |
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Apr 17, 2024 at 03:20 AM
#885
chocolate eggs, I guess
I really hate spring weather, (summer, too!) are you any good at first aid? |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 18, 2024 at 09:19 PM
#886
Just putting on a bandage, that's about it.
Do you know CPR? __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Apr 19, 2024 at 05:04 AM
#887
Yes needed it in my old job. But thankfully have never needed to use it
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Apr 19, 2024 at 04:10 PM
#888
My daughter had a seizure at 2 months old- staring “through” us with high-pitched screaming for what seemed like an eternity. It was from the DTaP vaccine. That reaction was under “unusual” side effects on the piece of paper her pediatrician gave us the day she got the shot. However when I called the doctors office to report her reaction the nurse I spoke to dismissed my concerns and said it couldn’t have been the vaccine. So yes I didn’t know what to do at the time. It was scary!
Do you get bad side effects from your medications- psych and non-psych? __________________ 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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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 19, 2024 at 04:45 PM
#889
Not really bad side effects, but I get really, really tired a lot, and I think it's because of the strong meds. I am working on getting them reduced. I was on a cholesterol medication that really stiffened up my muscles and made it unbearable to sleep, I had to just stop taking those.
Have you ever been hospitalized for a long period of time? __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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Apr 21, 2024 at 08:54 PM
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Apr 21, 2024 at 09:28 PM
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The longest was 6 months at a state hospital my release date was coming up and they took me back to court to keep me there longer. When I first got there they tried to get me to turn over my money and debt card to them. I refused. I was a vegetarian and their food was awful so I bought my own food. Then when they took me back to court they were lying and saying I couldn’t look after myself. I walked out and took the bus to the cities then took another bus out of the state on the advise of my lawyer. Then I called him and didn’t tell him where I was and he told me they re-committed me. That place was awfull and the pdoc crazy. The stories I could tell!
Same question __________________ 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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Apr 21, 2024 at 09:40 PM
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For mental health longest was 14 days. It wasn't great. It was a private hospital. I'd probably take private over public anyday. Private hospital was for depression. My public hospital stay was for mania (psychosis).
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Apr 21, 2024 at 09:56 PM
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How long do your hypo/manic episodes last? __________________ The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days.
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Apr 25, 2024 at 02:22 PM
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I haven't had one in ages, but they used to be my most dominant episodes. Mine usually lasted weeks or even months at a time. Usually, the hypomanic parts lasted the longest, then towards the end I reached full-blown manic. The latter maybe lasted a couple weeks to max a couple months, and usually ended badly. Then I'd often transition to mixed states. What was your last severe episode? __________________ Dx: Bipolar type 1 Psych Medications: * Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg * Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg * Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 600 mg I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia. |
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Apr 25, 2024 at 04:01 PM
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2022 I went IP for depression after having been depressed for MONTHS and no break through with meds…..
I’m depressed now but can’t see myself going IP anytime soon. What’s your relationship status? Single / divorced / married etc |
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Apr 25, 2024 at 04:04 PM
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A couple years before covid. I can’t believe it’s been so long. I cut everyone off and hibernated in my bed for over a year. But now I don’t think I’d get away with that. My daughter only lives 30 minutes away and she’d not let me hide that long. I do fear getting manic though. I’ve a bit of money now thanks to my inheritance. Wouldn’t want to blow that.
Do you fear a new episode would rock you too hard? __________________ 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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Apr 25, 2024 at 09:37 PM
#897
Yes, I've got a lot to lose. I'm completely on my own so if I am hospitalized, I'm screwed. I am weary of stopping my morning meds, but if I stay on really good sleep hygiene, and stay sober I think I should be fine- can't live your whole life in fear after all.
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Yesterday at 06:49 PM
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No my anxiety is worse in the morning just before work starts. It settles a bit at the end of each day, but not by much. It’s there this weekend and it’s not even a work day!
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