. How did you feel when the doctor looked at you and said “Bipolar” for the first time? Stamped . This month marks my five year diagnosis anniversary. Five years My Bipolar dx and I now have five years under our belts together Diagnosis is a complex thing and impacts everyone differently some people rail…
I’m going to share a little story…. it involves suicide ideation but suicide ideation as it is discussed at times by Bipolars with Bipolars…… and my guess is that the mental health pros in the audience…they may be here ya know…maybe be kind of horrified and think how serious and terrible this is. Hmm story…
Has anybody ever noticed how we can get like real worked up about figuring out where we are in our Bipolar…. or what our Bipolar is up to in the moment…. Am I rapid cycling or having a mixed episode am I agitated depressed or dysphoric manic etc etc etc we can go on and…
Yeah I really didn’t know what the title should be. whatevs I have residual fear from when I was first Diagnosed and did not know anything about anything and was scared to pieces of what I could lose . . what I could lose if i shared my crazy, my story what can be taken…
Sigh. Triggers. They are individual for sure. And one of the best tools we have for combatting Bipolar is figuring out what our’s are. What our biggest ones are. And then trying to figure out how the hell you avoid things that are just a part of your everyday life sometimes. But for some silliness…
Ahahahahahhahahaha That’s funny How misleading is this term? I am assuming that we are talking about episodic meaning that the illness comes in episodes and in between episodes we are normal. I hope this is not upsetting to the newly dxed that are reading this. It is okay! But Bipolar is not an episodic illness…
Bipolar messes with our brains and makes us feel depressed and sad. BUT being diagnosed with a chronic illness can CAUSE depression and sadness. People who experience great changes in their lives including being diagnosed with an illness are at risk for depression. I’m talking non Bipolars. Lots of nonBipolars even experience some sadness and…
(Just want to say first that I’m not antipsychiatry. I actually LOVE psychiatry and am grateful to live at a time when we have it. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need more.) anyway deep breath Oh those silly Pdocs. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t live without ’em. A good Pdoc is hard to find.…
Newly diagnosed with a chronic illness…. Sigh Let me tell you how it can feel…. There is a big fancy restaurant. There are many many tables. Many waiters. The menu is extensive. The chairs are comfy. It is well lit. In a back corner there is a shadowy area that nobody sees…. or that everyone…
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