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Elder
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Apr 28, 2024 at 05:19 PM
#901
Psychiatrist I've seen this one for 8 years but have been under Psychiatry for 14 years
Therapist I've been seeing her for 6 years she is retiring in 4 weeks it's gonna kill me. Question: How do you deal with endings in a relationship be it therapy or real life? I struggle so much with endings it cuts my heart into tiny pieces Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 28, 2024 at 05:37 PM
#902
It's really hard for me. My husband was the hardest cord to break - I don't deal well with ending relationships - the best way I have learned is making a clean break, and not looking back, that's where I end up in trouble.
What has been the hardest thing for you to accept about your diagnosis? __________________ 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 28, 2024 at 08:06 PM
#903
That my liver and thyroid are damaged forever from the psych meds
What do you do when your friend suddenly ghosts you? __________________ 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 28, 2024 at 08:13 PM
#904
I keep myself busy and try to not let it bother me. It is really hard to deal with though.
Do you feel that you are more sensitive because you have bipolar? __________________ 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 28, 2024 at 09:39 PM
#905
I might be more sensitive when I'm depressed, sure thing. Especially when classes misbehave and my mood is already down. Ughhhh....
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 28, 2024 at 10:48 PM
#906
I actually don't take in any caffeine, lol. Would you believe coffee puts me right to sleep? It's so frickin weird!
How long ago did you find out you had bipolar? __________________ 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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Elder
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Apr 29, 2024 at 06:16 AM
#907
14 years ago at the age of 25 years
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Apr 29, 2024 at 08:11 AM
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What is something small that would help with your mental well-being? __________________ 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 29, 2024 at 11:12 AM
#909
Buying myself a flower or flowers each week. My friend got me some flowers for my 3 year sober anniversary and they are really lifting my spirits.
Can you find anything positive about being bipolar? __________________ 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 29, 2024 at 12:50 PM
#910
It's helped me understand that some things cannot be understood. It's given me a lot of learning experiences I would not have otherwise had. I've met some cool people with similar struggles and we've been able to feel less alone together. Things are hardly boring (although that can also be attributed to the addition of rapid cycling AND a BPD comorbidity). I've recently been told that as dysfunctional as I get, learning to come back from that/this will give me the opportunity for some pretty ******* good wisdom.
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Apr 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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The Flute - I love it, and I've been playing for a number of years.
Do you have any new special talent now that you have bipolar? Or have some been enhanced? __________________ 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 29, 2024 at 01:17 PM
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Thanks to three weeks of being obsessed during a hypomanic episode, jazz dancing. During my less dead inside times I've been told I have the heart (and body) of a dancer.
I have to say BPD makes me an expert at changing perspectives and being able to build, destroy, and amend relationships in two days too. How old were you when you had your first bipolar episode, and did you realize something was off? __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody. |
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Apr 29, 2024 at 01:38 PM
#913
Probably when I was 16. I was really manic and crazy back then - all the drinking I did probably didn't help either.
Do you get a lot of bad side effects from your bipolar meds? __________________ 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 29, 2024 at 05:23 PM
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Not on meds now, but basically everything I tried in the past caused akathisia (all antipsychotics), DI (lithium), mania (every antidepressant ever), elevated liver enzymes (Depakote), severe allergic reaction (Tegretol), blurry vision (Lamictal), and benzos always made my dissociation worse and gave me the urge to take them all at once (and Valium gave me double vision).
If you could create your own ideal medication that could do ANYTHING, what would it do? __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody. |
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Wanderer of Distant Stars
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Apr 29, 2024 at 05:27 PM
#915
It would stop me from gaining weight! All these meds have blown me up like a whale, and I hate it.
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Apr 29, 2024 at 06:37 PM
#916
I’ve learned that no 2 manic episodes of mine quite look the same.
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Apr 29, 2024 at 07:38 PM
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No, not at all. I never liked smoking.
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Apr 29, 2024 at 11:35 PM
#918
Difficult to concentrate when hypomanic .... for sure! When I'm depressed I don't feel like doing anything but I guess I can get there
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Apr 30, 2024 at 04:05 PM
#919
It varies between "Yeah, man, it is what it is. Whatever. I'll do whatever regardless and I'm sure things will end with something either happening or not happening," and "OMG WTF THIS IS HELL BUT THEN I'M GOING TO GO TO HELL AND IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE BUT WHAT IS THIS DUDE GOING TO DO WHY AM I SCREAMING IN MY HEAD IN RUN ON SENTENCES I THINK SOMEONE INJECTED ME WITH JET ENGINE FUEL AND I'LL NEVER BE RIGHT AGAIN"
What has helped you the most in coping with episodes when you find yourself in one? __________________ Live life for nothing but that sweet sweet melody. |
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Apr 30, 2024 at 04:07 PM
#920
Self-talk - definitely. Sometimes screaming it out, yelling it out, or just talking myself off of a ledge. Just calming myself down by talking it out -
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