bipolar 1

[Ignignokt]

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Whenever you open your mouth, you risk a fly going in. Shut your trap .

[ChumpDumper]

i stopped for a day...felt better...mother talked with heb pharmacist who talked with my doc on the phone and adjusted my meds...which i took for a couple days...

now i'm off the anti-phychotics (of my own accord) and just taking the mood stabilizers.

we'll see how this goes.

i was on anti phscyes cuz i pulled one of my testecles off.

that's about it for now folks.

keep you posted.

i'm gonna do what's best for my family. that's all i know for sure.

i choose love. same as it was. and as it should be.

If the anti-psychotics are keeping that second testicle attached, I would probably choose to remain on those meds.

[The Reckoning]

i was on anti phscyes cuz i pulled one of my testecles off.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

i'm gonna do what's best for my family. that's all i know for sure.

No, you're not.

You are have now gone to hurting yourself, are still delusional and worsening. If you truly had you and your family's best interests in mind you would give you pdoc's therapy a legitimate shot.

You're going to end up really hurting someone or dead yourself.

I really hope you are trolling.

[tlongII]

i was on anti phscyes cuz i pulled one of my testecles off.

Pics or it didn't happen!

[The Reckoning]

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[2Blonde]

to medicate, or not to medicate...that is the question.

if i don't medicate, then i must exercise extreme self control, which i have been unable to do in the past.

if i do medicate, then i feel uncomfortable in my own skin. very eerie feeling.

last resort is pot which i know would get many votes on this site, but is not an option as i don't want to be a bad example for my son and i need to get a jobby job.

so what say you spurstalkers?

Zach I haven't read this thread yet but as the mother of a beautiful, smart, talented, funny & sweet young woman who has been dealing with this incredibly destructive disease, I urge you to stay on your meds. Please, please, please put your relationships ahead of that misguided manic feeling that bipolar is so famous for. As you are very aware, this disease is incredibly destructive on even the strongest relationships. There is a great online sight for all aspects of bipolar at http://www.mdjunction.com/bipolar
Good luck on whatever you decide and if you need to talk, let me know. I don't know if you remember, but you were very helpful to me a few years ago when I was coming to grips with the weight of parenting a bipolar teen.

[thispego]

Dude zax, you need to be committed! Did you really tear off one of your balls? No in way!

[2Blonde]

You made a decision in 30 minutes?

I am assuming you are joking... but just in case you weren't... that is the hallmark of bipolar. Due to a chemical imbalance, the brain gets caught in a tug of war between the depressive state and the manic state. Manic, or mania, does not mean happy as many people mistakenly think. It's more of a unrelated to reality state that is characterized by fast decisions with seemingly no rational thought behind them (ie. spending sprees, escapades in Dublin, very reckless behavior).

Stop being lazy bigzak. You don't have to smoke pot or take meds, you do, however, have to get off your fat ass and stop doing nothing. Your mind takes over when your body is idle. Start slow, but you need a lifestyle change, not just a diet, a whole new way of life. One thing that sucks... It's not easy, but it's the best thing you can do for yourself and to be a good role model for your son and whatnot

I know you're just razzing zak, but I have seen my daughter go manic when she has a lot going on. She would begin to obsess over something such as lack of time or a test or the color of her room and suddenly she's out the gate and cannot function normally. New situations are the hardest for her. Such as a the start of the school year, a new job, someone she just met who says something that she interprets wrong. I have never seen her go in to a manic phase because she was lazy or had too much idle time.

It's pretty simple to me. Beat addictions by journaling what bad habits you have, what limiting beliefs you have that fuel them (cause and effect), learn to slow down the process every day by watching how you make decisions and cir venting the process with healthier new habits. Then make enough courageous decisions so that the new habit becomes natural and keep improving your lifestyle.

Of course it's easier said than done but that doesn't mean it's not feasible and not worth trying... I'd say it a whole lot better effort with your life than resigning to it and saying f it I'm gonna go do pot or some other addiction to escape reality.

I do agree that journaling and healthy habits are VERY important but they don't stop you from being bipolar or even take the place of medications. The cognitive behavioral therapies you mentioned are very important, but only along with medication management.

In all seriousness...Bipolar disorder is not the same as any regular anxiety disorder that you can use cognitive therapy to work through. Most true bipolars cannot just make a manic episode go away and they are often unpredictable.

dude he's ed up in the head, why does anything he does have to make sense? he's looking for advice here amongst other places, he's also narcissistic because he wants everyone to know his business

Yeah, you must be right..... the narcissism couldn't have anything to do with the bipolar. Narcissism & Bipolar Disorder Explanation @ Pendulum.org

Medicate.



I have tried it this way and it didn't work out too well. Look, if you can wish away this disorder, then you don't have it. It is more likely that you feel okay and that can lead to not taking your medication, but it won't last and it's like a cancer patient discontinuing treatment because they feel "alright."

I suffer from Bipolar II and find it difficult to feel the full effect of anything when I am on a mood stabilizer. I sympathize, but I still take my meds every day at 7AM.

Don't do this. It's just self-medicating. Your son should know that when he faces a challenge, no matter how life-long or daunting, that he must do everything in his power to conquer it. You can tell him that one day. Set the example. It's the best thing for you and for him.

You are a wonderful example. It is wonderful to see success stories because it offers hope for many who desperately need it.

[thispego]

2blonde you are taking my tough love out of context. bigzak and your daughter suffer from different conditions. can't really compare the two, body type plays a huge factor, so do age and gender. Zak is most definitely lazy, it wouldnt fix all of his problems if he wasnt lazy but in conjunction with the right medication it would make all the difference in the world.

and i talk to everyone on here for being narcissistic. this aint facebook. facebook is home for all narcissists

[Tod Pricket]

and i talk to everyone on here for being narcissistic. this aint facebook. facebook is home for all narcissists

U R 2 cool for skooL!!!

[thispego]

you're cool if you post status updates on facebook

[2Blonde]

2blonde you are taking my tough love out of context. bigzak and your daughter suffer from different conditions. can't really compare the two, body type plays a huge factor, so do age and gender. Zak is most definitely lazy, it wouldnt fix all of his problems if he wasnt lazy but in conjunction with the right medication it would make all the difference in the world.

and i talk to everyone on here for being narcissistic. this aint facebook. facebook is home for all narcissists

that's why I said that I assumed you were just razzing zak. I am confused about the two different conditions you just mentioned.... I thought we were just talking about bipolar. Enlighten me, please.

[lil'mo]

U R 2 cool for skooL!!!

we got a butthurt facebook lover on our hands here folks!

[thispego]

that's why I said that I assumed you were just razzing zak. I am confused about the two different conditions you just mentioned.... I thought we were just talking about bipolar. Enlighten me, please.

it's all bipolar, but that term can sometimes be used loosely to diagnose someone who has volatile moodswings, every person is different which is why there are different medication combinations for every person even though they may be suffering from "the same condition"... How can one medication work for a bipolar patient and the same medication not work for another bipolar patient?

also, bipolar disorder can start really at any time in your life. It can start in children, in adolescence, in adults and in older adults. And depending on when the illness starts, the symptoms could be different. In young children, the illness starts slowly, sometimes it involves changes in mood and irritability, and aggression, and changes in attention and difficult behavior. Mood swings can happen several times during the day. In adolescences and in adults, the illness can start either with a manic episode, or with depressed episode. Sometimes the illness can start even very late in life, when people are 50 or 60. In elderly people, when bipolar illness starts, it's usually related with some other brain disorder that may happen at the same time that can be connected to cardiovascular disease or even early dementia.

The most common age of onset of the illness, though, is young adulthood in the late teens and early 20s.

[Cry Havoc]

it's all bipolar, but that term can sometimes be used loosely to diagnose someone who has volatile moodswings, every person is different

There are a number of disorders that can be used to diagnose a swiftly changing emotional state, including intermittent explosive disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorcer, etc.

Bipolar disorder isn't a basic condition used to describe someone who has "mood swings". Bipolar Disorder is a pervasive, life changing condition, and involves a much different set of criteria for developing a diagnosis than "mood swings". Bipolar disorder doesn't even necessarily involve rapid mood swings in the first place, as manic/depressive states can last for days at a time. There are very specific conditions in the DSM-IV(TR) that need to be met to give someone a bipolar diagnosis.

why there are different medication combinations for every person even though they may be suffering from "the same condition"... How can one medication work for a bipolar patient and the same medication not work for another bipolar patient?

Are you serious? Every human brain/body is different. I shouldn't even need to go into detail about this, because there are a number of alternative treatments for nearly every medical condition out there. Not to mention the fact that Psychology is one of the youngest sciences on Earth, and finding chemicals to interact with the brain to reduce a specific behavior is extremely difficult.

[thispego]

There are a number of disorders that can be used to diagnose a swiftly changing emotional state, including intermittent explosive disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizoaffective disorcer, etc.

Bipolar disorder isn't a basic condition used to describe someone who has "mood swings". Bipolar Disorder is a pervasive, life changing condition, and involves a much different set of criteria for developing a diagnosis than "mood swings". Bipolar disorder doesn't even necessarily involve rapid mood swings in the first place, as manic/depressive states can last for days at a time. There are very specific conditions in the DSM-IV(TR) that need to be met to give someone a bipolar diagnosis.

we're talking about 2blondea daughter and bigzak, who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Try to keep up.

Are you serious? Every human brain/body is different. I shouldn't even need to go into detail about this, because there are a number of alternative treatments for nearly every medical condition out there. Not to mention the fact that Psychology is one of the youngest sciences on Earth, and finding chemicals to interact with the brain to reduce a specific behavior is extremely difficult.

I said exactly what you just said. It's always funny when people on here try to vaunt their knowledge to claim superiority of a subject matter. You must work hard with your psychiatric patients posting on spurstalk all day.

[koriwhat]

mother in' thispedo. hahaha!

[mouse]

Growing up in the 70s there was none of this bi-polar . If you seemed over energetic and acted crazy you was considered the class clown, if you cried every time a tree was cut down you was called a sissy. If you pulled one of your testicles out of your sac you was given a band-aid and another beer.

If your worried about Zax and many others then brace yourself for a flood of BigZaxs to take over America as we over medicate the young children of today.

[Cry Havoc]

we're talking about 2blondea daughter and bigzak, who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Try to keep up.



I said exactly what you just said. It's always funny when people on here try to vaunt their knowledge to claim superiority of a subject matter. You must work hard with your psychiatric patients posting on spurstalk all day.

My bad. I misread your posts. Perhaps you could make them a little less ambiguously worded, and regardless, using bipolar as slang is still a pretty bad idea.

[Bipolar Bob]

Growing up in the 70s there was none of this bi-polar . If you seemed over energetic and acted crazy you was considered the class clown, if you cried every time a tree was cut down you was called a sissy. If you pulled one of your testicles out of your sac you was given a band-aid and another beer.

If your worried about Zax and many others then brace yourself for a flood of BigZaxs to take over America as we over medicate the young children of today.

Oh, it was around but the drug companies hadn't quite figured out the scam. Tom Cruise gets it.

[thispego]

My bad. I misread your posts. Perhaps you could make them a little less ambiguously worded, and regardless, using bipolar as slang is still a pretty bad idea.

That's what people do, if someones mood is constantly up and down, nice to mean, friendly to stand-offish, they say oh he's just being bipolar. But yeah, from a clinical diagnosis standpoint there are lots of different personality and mood disorders. You'd be interested in what I'm doing right now ch, considering the focus you're earning your MA in.

[koriwhat]

That's what psychiatrists do, if someones mood is constantly up and down, nice to mean, friendly to stand-offish, they say oh he's just being bipolar and prescribe to him or her a myriad of drugs.

[Cry Havoc]

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Still waiting on your educational background. You implied it was a bad decision on my part to assume you know nothing about Psychology. I'm still waiting for the first post that asserts you even have a very basic grasp of the topic. Do you have anything, or are you just going to continue to spout drivel for another 5 pages?

[thispego]

koriwhat...

sometimes. Noone is goin to go to a psychiatrist unless they really feel like something is wrong with them. If they got sent away without a prescription, any prescription, they'd be pissed. "oh that doctor is a quack. There is deFinitely something wrong with me, a chemical imbalance that only pills could fix."