@jesuisperdue11 @BipolarClubDx I need their support & have to protect them & have 'em protect me, from my sudden irritability & rage, hyper fixations, impulsive purchases...etc Sometimes you'll even hurt them unintentionally, so you want them to understand it's not about them and that you are trying your best.
@jesuisperdue11 @BipolarClubDx After one 8 wk manic episode, 18 mnths of clinical depression, & 2 month long hypomanic episodes, they have started putting the puzzle together noticing the symptoms based on my behavior. What I do is the moment I feel it coming, right before it starts showing, I warn them.
Hypomanic and craving something to eat. Everything I think of makes me want to throw up. Yet, I'm still craving something. I have no idea what it is. 😭😭
@thasmybongho I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find a therapist that understands you and can help you. Someone who doesn't judge you based on stupid stereotypes. Hang in there and never give up. ❤️
Me, mid anxiety attack, talking to my therapist over teams: "is it ok if I vape?", Her: "sure no problem, but just to make sure is it weed or nicotine, cause if it's weed it might explain the state your in, so I'm just checking." ��🤣🤣 I love her.
I hate bipolar. Coming down from (hypo)mania is the worst. Can't stop crying, too emotional, can't think right. I just want to be in control of my freaking body...God damn it.
@mskris16 Montreal here. 77 in the living rooms and 68 in bedrooms and bathrooms. But it's Canada right... I mean during winter its absolutely normal that the temperature outside drops to -4.
@dbieks But of course everyone is different and every body reacts differently to medicine and every bipolar is different. So my only advice is be vocal with your psych, very vocal on wanting to get rid of the depression.
@dbieks It took 4 mnths on 10 mg of citalopram 4 me 2 slightly move out of depression. Then as expected I got a hypomanic episode for 4 weeks. I thought it would b hell (I was traumatized from my 1rst full fledged manic episode), to the opposite it actually helped me get back on my feet.
@dbieks Honestly what saved me from depression is I insisted my doctor treated my depression before my bipolar disorder. It came to a point that I didn't get out of bed for 6months. And I said enough is enough I need an antidepressant and if I become manic then you can treat it then.