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well. serious thread folks. email me if you don't want to post here.

i feel seriously fucked up today/yesterday and itain't just caffeine. because thtat was like 12-14 hours ago. i just drank 1/4 stolen jim bean (polished off) plus a few swigs of GOOD vodka (aftger drinking an iced glass of shit vodka). and well yeah i'm feeling a slight buzz i guess but basically giong out of my mind otherwise.

hmm. it's like...vodka and red bull type shit. cept i ain't had no red bull. i was giong haywire earlier...pacing all around the house upstaris downstairs computer book can't comprehend much repeat. only 10 pages of gravity's rainbow read today. but that's all i remember doing besides posting on here, reading gravity's rainbow. and i had experienced a similar ("manic"?) episode about 1-2 weeks earlier, lasting for about a week, then it stopped. but it didn't end with MASSIVE DEPRESSION (like it's supposed to right?) but rather...mellowness type stuff. so it can't be bipolar disorder right?

but surely i'm going out of my mind?

well. andrew don't move this thread you Hott Sexxy bastard ok?


anyway if it's not clear am i manic depressive or something? i don't know... i saw a shrink (actually a psychiatrist cuz i don't go for psychotheraphy bullshit) and he diagnosed me w/ ... depression and anxiety disorder.

well you don't actually have to take this thead seriously, i was just kidding about that but am i bipolar? that would be cool if i am. i've always thought that was the coolest mental diseasse hope i'm not offending anyone....

goodbye.

i'm so sorry.


andrew don't move this thread you sexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxy stud you.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

oh dear.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

don't worry, you're probably just drunk right now. and i know you're still not recovered from the alcs.

so the shrink diagnosed you. are you taking anything/seeing anyone? i can't tell you much about mania, but you should maybe go back to this dr.

i don't think 'gravity's rainbow' will help!

mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 7 January 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

but the thing is i don't feel drunk at all right now...i mean i do, slightly, but like i took amphetamines as well and I DIDNT. that's a problem right? i generally dislike alcohol because it makes me so sleepy...the whole reason i drank tonight was toget to sleep but no sleep came.

i take xanax like just now, because i want to sleep, i think i took 6-7 pills just now = 3-3.5 mgs no biggie.

i'm supposed to be taking lexapro but i rarely do because it's shite.

gravity's rainbow is waycool! i was trying to read it before bed but it's trouble in my current condition...however i imagine it would be waycool on acid!!!

i'm really not worried about anything except my life in general. and obv youre right abt the alcs....

but seiously i would LOVE being diagnosed w/ manic-depressive disorder. it might explain so much ... but sigh i guess it's not all that likely.


if i am creeping anyone out w/ all this i'm very sorry. i am a creepy guy but now in this way.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

i am already beginning to feel sober now. strange. this calls for more drugs clearly. has anyone ever tried "robotripping"? (i haven't but i might if i've got the goods available)

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

"i've always thought that was the coolest mental diseasse"

xAARONHZx, EXTREME ILXOR LOOK ALL CAPS (AaronHz), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

well i have? i think i may have it too and seriously i wouuldn't mind...no xanax effect yet that i can feel.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:07 (twenty years ago)

John, maybe you need different meds? It's not uncommon to be misdiagnosed, but if you get the right meds, it shouldn't matter. Whatever you do, don't self-medicate.

k3rry (dymaxia), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)


Oh, and a manic episode doesn't have to be followed by a depressive one.

k3rry (dymaxia), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

nawwww. the whole psychaiatrist thing was just an excuse to please-parents (ie freeload alittle longer) and get some xanax (which i luvvv). i'm not actually worried about my mental health...i have no prob whatsoever w/ general insanity.

i decided on a double dose of nyquil...how quaint. we'll see what happens.

[xpost]

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:13 (twenty years ago)

xpost again

that's news to me..ithoguht it went manic-depressive-manic repeat.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:13 (twenty years ago)

kerry did you reply abt obama? i can't rememnber wjat thread that was in.


this thread= definitely better than the one were everyone was telling me i was going to die for eating nothing but sugar and butter.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:16 (twenty years ago)

No you can have long normal periods in between. x-post, yeah I replied about Obama.

k3rry (dymaxia), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

"long 'normal' periods in btween"...i'll have to reaserach this.

what was that thread k3rry? and why the fuck are ou up at 4:17 AM?

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

sounds like you may be having hypomanic or manic episodes. these are characteristic of (but not necessarily diagnostic of) the bipolar affective disorders (aka manic depression).

manic episodes don't always (or even often) end in depression. depression isn't necessarily part of the picture at all, especially initially (but it sounds like you've already been depressed). so the episode you describe from a few weeks back might fit the picture. you can google "manic episode DSM criteria" to see how well your experience matches the textbook definition.

this is important: if you've been taking an antidepressant (many of which are also prescribed for various anxiety disorders) since seing that shrink, stop until you see a doctor. antidepressants can "flip" latent bipolars who are initially depressed into manic episodes.

just as important: see a doctor as soon as you can. if you can get in to see your psychiatrist today (guessing you're up late in north america), and can hold it together until then, that should be fine. otherwise, go straight to the ER.


thirty one for two!, Friday, 7 January 2005 10:23 (twenty years ago)

stay off the lexapro.

not good to mix booze and xanax, especially with a dose that big. hopefully, you're so wired it won't snow you.

no more nyquil. no more self-meds.

go to the emerg. or call your shrink's office (they'll have a message telling you what to do in an emergency).

thirty one for two!, Friday, 7 January 2005 10:32 (twenty years ago)

o k thank u..i'll ; ead that tmorrown in am ore sober state fo mind, as now i can barely tupe but damn does it feeel goooood..

shut im fucked, hi pe i dont sound like one of those hippes "DUDE I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKED UP DUDE". but yest iam. o yjoml o ,au ne an;e tp s;ee[ mpw' tru s;e[....yeah i'm feelin nt now, 'gdnit all.....goocniht,

drugs suck

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

i will nver go typ he emergency troom.. i'akk be asleep in 20-26 mins,,hurray,

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

i really hope it was no more than 6 or 7 xanax.

you'll sleep til saturday.

when you wake up, go see a doctor.

thirty-one for two!, Friday, 7 January 2005 10:47 (twenty years ago)

Apparently I'm bi-polar but I don't think I am.

Also i've apparently got post-traumatic stress disorder but I really don't feel like i've got that either.

I guess I should take the doctors word for it, but I just feel like me.

papa november (papa november), Friday, 7 January 2005 12:04 (twenty years ago)

Uh isnt anyone worried about how much shit JOhn claims he's had in the last 24 hours or so? all that shitload of sugar, the booze, the xanax, and nyquil!?!? I hope he's ok :/

Trayce (trayce), Friday, 7 January 2005 12:10 (twenty years ago)

Ditto, and I think thirty-one for two's advice is excellent. As for considering it cool, that does feel a bit offensive to me, though it's probably down to your not really having felt its effects - I'm not bipolar, though I know one or two who are, but I have suffered from depression the last few years, and I can assure you that at least that aspect isn't anything like cool - it's almost killed me and may yet, and done irreparable and immense damage to my life on all kinds of levels. There have been no benefits that I can spot.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 7 January 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

yeah thinking being bi-polar is cool is offensive to me as well....my dad is bi-polar and its definately not something i would consider cool.

Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 7 January 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Yes, but if he *is* bi-polar then making offensive statements without considering the feelings of others kind of goes with the territory so I'd cut him a little slack.
It's clear that even if he isn't bi-polar he still has lots to deal with, we should concentrate more on that than a throwaway statement that was immediately followed by "hope I'm not offending anyone".

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 7 January 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

not that it will take care of everything, but eating more vegetables (instead of pure sugar) will help. i find that a better diet with no meat and little processed sugar = less depression. just a suggestion.

caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 7 January 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

My wife of 20 years is bipolar, and I've seen and lived with just about every aspect of the disease. John, you need to get to a doctor and describe in great detail
1) your sleep schedule
2) your alcohol intake
3) your drug intake
4) your diet
...and be ready to make some major changes in your life, if you want to keep it.

I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 7 January 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

yeah but the BAD SKIN ppl

no seriously i just-just woke up...it's still friday! thank heavens.


my last post of the night was "merry christmas to you all!!!" but i must've been too wasted to sumbit and i erased that one just now...

as for my health n shit i'm not worried about it all actually [well except for the diabetes]. but i really appreciate all the sympathy here...i'll post again when i've had a few more hours to...recoup

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)


Glad to know you're okay. I was concerned, but since I've downed worse, I figured you'd just sleep it off & come through it okay.

k3rry (dymaxia), Friday, 7 January 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

ummmm i really think i freaked you guys out more than i ..."meant"...to. it was one drug binge of many but this one by chance got documented online. they all end up the same way, me waking up 12 hours later feeling almost completely normal...i don't even remember taking the nyquil but that must've been what did me in. i think i only managed to get upstairs before i passed out on my bed..left my cd player by the computer (trying to listen to nelly mckay again, meant for her to lull me to sleep ohwell). as for docs, no way jose, they're all fucking quacks. seriously.

the worst thing about drugs (any of 'em) is that after they wear off you feel lke you gotta do more (imo, more because of the realizationthat the world/you life is so god damn boring than anything physical)...but i'm gonna try to abstain and just read GR allday which is almost the same thing anyway.

ALSO VERY VERY SORRY to those i offended re bipolarity...what i meant was a)it would explain a lot about me b) of the mental diseases i've read about, it seems ok-ish, sort of. like the human experience taken magnified, taken to the very edge, kinda....maybe i'll explain later, i'm not groggy at all but i've still got that weird crossover thing going on in my mind, like MY experience last night in miniature.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Don't think of it as "sympathy," think of it as "manic episodes are dangerous for bystanders."

I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Robotripping can seriously fuck you up. I saw a hilarious article written for tripzine by this kid who was eating live lizards and abusing animals down in front of the movie theatre in his SMALL TOWN where everybody knows him because he was trying to get everyone's attention and turn them onto the Robotripping revolution, which he thought was some sort of spiritual thing.

The dude really was nuts and not just some guy writing a fake article. I'll see if I can find it. Of course, he Robotripped a lot I'm sure, but you don't sound like you need to Robotrip ever.

Trip Ho, Friday, 7 January 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

no i wouldn't but only because nofuckingway could i down a whole bottle of cough syrup. though i did try once. cept i made the huge mistake of mixing it w/ alcohol and nyquil. catatonic for 8 hours.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

sigh i wish i lived in a town of more than 1800 ppl and that my father WHO I LIVE WITH (for1-3 months more tops) wasn't the DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

A screaming comes across the sky. You may want to be less confessional, there, John Paul.

dad, Friday, 7 January 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

dude no hear's even HEARD of the internet

John (jdahlem), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

How old are you?

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

I'm just looking out for the youth, my child.

logged out, Friday, 7 January 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

mid-20s MAX.

Trip Ho, Friday, 7 January 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

are there many people with bipolar disorder here? I've been recently diagnosed....

gimlet, Friday, 14 January 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

Me!

papa november (papa november), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

"Uh isnt anyone worried about how much shit JOhn claims he's had in the last 24 hours or so? all that shitload of sugar, the booze, the xanax, and nyquil!?!? I hope he's ok :/"

haha trace there were some terrible aftershocks the likes of which i didn't think possible. the next day was far-far worse mind-stability wise.

but yeah gimlet i dunno how i can say this w/out um sounding like a total & complete asshole so just know that my sympathies go out to you in full but nevertheless SCREW YOU for reviving this thread. uh :-)

i will post a serious reply or two later cuz i am kinda worried about this, uh gimlet what are yr symptoms like?


if it's any comfort to anyone i have absolutely no recollection of any of this (except mookie's post, strangely).

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

Reading this is a bit disturbing.... Mania is frightening to me. There were nights where I sat in my bed with a stack of sleeping pills and a case of beer, slowly taking a bit of each, just trying to sleep. Now, I can say all this but it all seems like a dream now, like some horror story. Sorry to be so random and cheesy about this.

gimlet, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

"disturbing" in like it reminds you of yrself? cuz that reminds me of MYSELF, at least myself this past week or so...but then 3-4 days ago i wanted to die, seemingly at random. but that's not actually how manic depression works right? like i thought there were a 1-2 week episode of each or something...ok i'll look it up and stop wasting everyone's time sorry.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

actually maybe i've just been taking too much caffeine like i initially thought. i just drank 4 cokes over the past hr so.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Right now I'm in the midst of a depressive episode, still trying to get over what happened to me last year as a result of two major manic episodes and a shitload of denial.

I have to admit, when I read this I also got a bit worried about the situation. When I went to the hospital and told them what I'd been doing they gave me a hard look and told me they could commit me for trying to kill myself, but I just wanted to sleep. It definitely reminded me of myself.

I'm just at a loss right now. I need to 'recover' but don't know how.

I don't think that there are any rules of time that bipolar episodes follow. I didn't really have a depressive episode in between the two extreme-manic episodes.

gimlet, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:17 (twenty years ago)

Wasting peoples time....on ilx? I think just being on ilx is an admission that you want your time wasted.

papa november (papa november), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

ok i'll look it up and stop wasting everyone's time sorry.

is it a matter of wasting someone's time? I'm new to this online message board stuff, but I just assume that people who want to answer will answer and those who don't won't no big deal....

gimlet, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

no everyone just fucks arround here...they're all a bunch of saps. nothing's a big deal here. just post whatever the fuck you want.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Even photos of yourself peeing your pants.

papa november (papa november), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

hey john i had experiences like yours in college, turns out i just had plain vanilla clinical depression. i thought otherwise because i felt nine different types of crazy but that was just the drugs. you should lay off the drugs or see a doctor.

robocop, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

uh btw gimlet did you come here by searching for "bipolar disorder" w/ google [godpleasesayno]

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

robo plain vanilla depression is so boring tho and i actually wasn't kidding upthread when i said i don't really mind the insanity

fact that i am reading a lot of what i wrote up there and loling = clear sign i am totally gone

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

well let me tell you that i got committed when i was in college too. you want to see the doctor earlier rather than later to avoid that. no joke, believe you me, having your shoes and belt taken away will seriously fuck up your self esteem for years and years and yeeeeeaaaaars. i got a 1540 on my GRE last week and yet i only have the guts to apply to one grad school! (no surprise re guts: i am posting anonymously)

robocop, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

i'm sure you guys are all totally right but...i am probably not in a state proper for dealing w/ this at the mo, to be honest.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

btw gimlet could you shoot me an email or something maybe? i prolly won't respond tonight but i might like to continue this discussion later/elsewhere. no prob if you don't want to.

John (jdahlem), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

xpost: i'm with you, john, plain depression IS boring. my psychiatrist would be all "i'm putting you on zyprexa because you're showing depression with signs of schizoaffective disorder" and i would be quizzing him like all "so you're saying i'm PSYCHOTIC, right???" very eagerly and so on.

but really, not worth it 3-4 years down the line.

robocop, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

I actually ended up commited, but I had to lie even to get into the hospital. I spent way too much time being bounced around from this program to that program meanwhile I was losing my mind. That's what happens without money for a private doctor, I guess. I got out two months ago and have started back at grad school, ego still fucked up and still in the free university-run program that offers no therapy and a once a month meeting with a doctor who doesn't have a clue who I am but cares enough to only make one small adjustment to my meds a month so maybe in a few months I'll feel somewhat okay. Meantime, I'm not even up to the "Taking it one day at a time" I'm just sort of "Taking it one moment at a time."

Zyprexa, psychosis, blah.

gimlet, Friday, 14 January 2005 04:38 (twenty years ago)

btw gimlet could you shoot me an email or something maybe? i prolly won't respond tonight but i might like to continue this discussion later/elsewhere. no prob if you don't want to.

might just do that.

gimlet blue (gimlet), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

I've been commited twice, once last year and once in 1998. Best avoided in my experience.

papa november (papa november), Friday, 14 January 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

"manic episodes are dangerous for bystanders."

OTM :(

Abbott, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago)

i can understand why robocop might feel depressed

DG, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:24 (sixteen years ago)

Recipient or deliverer, Abbs?

libcrypt, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:25 (sixteen years ago)

Just thinkin baot my past. Recipient, this time, tho.

Abbott, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

I have a new friend who is bipolar and I am learning not to flinch in the face of such danger. I have found that it is comforting to look at lists of famous and historical figures who may have been bipolar. "Perhaps my friend will be the next Isaac Newton or Carrie Fisher - We should continue to hang out!"

Also, lol at Jim Bean.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:29 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha next Carrie Fisher.

Abbott, Monday, 18 August 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

Downtown there is a poster of all the famous people who have had bipolar. Wow! So talented! But half of them, at least, are suicides. Oh.

Abbott, Monday, 18 August 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

I got diagnosed with this in 2004 or so but I don't think I really have it. Paradoxically, saying that is the kind of thing that makes you look crazy, so I know I am probably getting some roll-eyes right now. But, I'll explain why I think this.

The reason I was diagnosed, is I told a doctor that I was still crying and upset, and sometimes having panic attacks, even though I was on an antidepressant. The doctor, who basically had heard as much of my history as that sentence said, "Antidepressants alone can make people with bipolar disorder go into a manic phase. You must have bipolar." The reason I wasn't maybe more incredulous about accepting this at face value is my #1 fear at this time in my life was: the fear of going crazy. SO, it confirmed my worst fears, even though that was the only piece of evidence she was using, and if you compare the DSM-IV's standards to what was going on with me, there was only moderate overlap at best, and a lot of that stuff was situational, eg I had a lot of fucked up stuff happening in my lie at that point.

So I went on extra medication, and then more and more extra medication. It was expensive, and unpleasant, and each extra side effect., my doctor decided to treat with another medication. Like, I think this doctor was being somewhat irresponsible (dift doctor than original doctor). I told her I couldn't sleep and she gave me fucking seroquel, an anti-psychotic w/some crazy side effects (did put me to sleep tho).

So, throughout this time, I moved around, and saw different doctors and therapists. When I would ask one of them, "Do you think I am really bipolar?" they would say, "Well, what do you think?" Which is completely fucking useless, imo. Would you say that to someone who asked, "Do you think I have cancer?" (Not to say the two are equivalent in any way, just to point out how diagnostically ridiculous this is.) They would never answer me. I never felt like I got a real clinical opinion on this, but at any rate, none of them were willing to say, "Yes," or even "here's what I think."

In Sept. of 2009, I told my therapist I didn't want to be on medication anymore, and I went off of all my medications successfully. I was a student still and previous to this, throughout my undergrad career I had failed about 1/4 of my classes for a lot of reasons, mostly due to me acting nutty and freaking out, not showing up to class, or just being lazy. Anyway, the semester after I stopped taking medication, I did great. Straight A's, 18 credits, while working at the same time. Then a five-week summer semester, two classes, A's in those, too. I have not been having a lot of the symptoms I had before, and I think a lot of them were just medication side effects. I have never once in my life had something that could be accurately labeled a manic phase.

I feel like I just needed to do a lot of growing up, and figure a lot of things out about myself, and in the process of that, I ended up with this very big, very awkward, very scary label.

I think I am sharing this with you guys because I want you to know I have a different idea about who I am, and that I'm really happy with it. I like myself, and, I like making TLDR posts. So, thanks for coexisting with me.

Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:58 (fourteen years ago)

they diagnosed my wife as bi-polar after we had our son and she ended up with post-partum psychosis. Two years later and completely off her meds for a year and a half, there are zero signs of bipolar disorder. Doctor told her that they diagnosed her with bipolar because they thought it was brought on by the psychosis. He changed his mind.

but it could have happened when i was playing tesla (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)

thanks for posting, abbott. not too long DID read

adding drugs on top of drugs, esp when the first thing wasn't that clear, yeah, seems like bad doctoring

harlan, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)

I had just discovered "not being Mormon" at the time and I was definitely doing some "minister's kid" type trying on bad behavior, but nothing like that could be genuinely labeled "you have a mental disorder."

Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:08 (fourteen years ago)

A lot of doctors seem to believe that antidepressants are 'magic', and just prescribe more drugs when the initial batch don't reduce the depression. But the reality is that antidepressants don't work for everyone, in some cases can actually increase anxiety. SSRI class meds certainly increased mine.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:09 (fourteen years ago)

<3

markers, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)

thanks for sharing everyone

I have been "diagnosed" with a lot of crap that doesn't make sense but I'm not going off any meds anytime soon. The first time I got checked out for any mental illness was in highschool when I thought I had social anxiety. And I do have social anxiety. But I never had one diagnosis since then that has made complete sense. After my stupid "life sucks" suicide stint I ended up trying tons of meds and haven't been off some combination of meds since then. It kind of sucks that I don't know what it would be like without meds but then again I have never had a good opportunity to go off of them. Plus, I just went up on my ADD med and it's making me more motivated (ADD is a completely new "partial" diagnosis for me. I don't even know the names of the other diagnoses I've had but partial Bi-Polar was one of them I think).

gravity explodes (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)

some combination of

gravity explodes (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:23 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

Anyone got any good advice or experience with treating bipolar without medication, like through CBT or something?

how's life, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

I got manic and offended some people on ILX when I got blunt and uninhibited. I apologize for hurting peoples feelings.

The Once-ler, Monday, 2 November 2015 09:03 (nine years ago)


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