Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
List 3 tems in 3 Catagores
1. What are you struggiling with, overwhelming, painful, frustrating, etc, etc
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2. List 3 things you are grateful for: relieved, joyful, appreciate, see or feel hope, etc, etc
1. 2. 3.
3. List 3 things you working on or experiencing change, tdoc, pdoc, CBT, faith, work, jobs, friends, support, etc, etc
1. 2. 3.
Please jump in and participate, it can't hurt!!!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
1. Doing a lot of suffering not being busy or productive.
2. Trying hard to lose weight and eventually quit smoking
3. Continue to work with pdoc - I've very stable on this combo, yet not being high functioning is killing me
Grateful
1. Spring is here, time to work in the garden and enjoy the longer days
2. I've lost 12 poiunds, its a start
3. Im broke, but all my bills are paid.
Working on
1. I wish I didn't talk so much
2 Working on the house, yard and have two cars to detail
3. Hanging out and staying around here, not leaving because its slow or I feel alone - I do have friends!!!!!!!
Which was Troubled.Braveheart - in case I accidently use both, I'm hoping to go to GinaWonder and be familiar to my old friends
2. Struggling with getting in good physical condition by working out at gym
3. I always struggle with talking to people.
Grateful
1. My family
2. Job
3. Faith
Working on
1, My weight
2. Being more open with people
3. Not talking negatively about 2 members of my family.
1. Physical illness
2. Demands at my job
3 financial struggle with one income and I keep getting sick
Grateful
1. A roof over our heads. My home is my safe space
2. The hubs that waits for me to get home (at 8:30 pm) just to have dinner together
3. My four legged baby full of unconditional love every day
Working on
1. Not trying to be my husband’s keeper; he’s doing rehab and I should take a step back and just be supportive
2. Patience. It is not my strongest virtue.
3. Getting back on track to work on me and my eating disorder. I am more than capable.
1.... Depression
2.... Fugging ants
3.... Seroquel weight gain
Grateful for
1.... Jesus and what he did for me
2..... My dear friend and landlord
3......My wee pooch
Working on
1... "Thinking" about a med change when I see my pdoc in April??? Maybe?
2... Need to do more with weight loss
3.... Need to get out more..... Too tell you the the truth the working on needs a lot of work
Big hugs.....xo
Becky...I need to get in better physical condition too. However, my health won't allow me to go to the gym. Hubby and I are walking, now that the weather is nicer.
Melise...I'm sorry you struggle with physical illness too. Kudos to you for continuing to work, even though it's difficult. It's something I really wish I could do!
Jan...Sorry to see you're struggling with depression. Hopefully, either the change in seasons or a med tweak will help you to feel better!
As for me,
Struggling with:
1) Finding a medication that will help the symptoms of my rare physical illness.
2) Reconnecting with old friends who remember me back in the days of being healthy and successful. I feel like such a failure now.
3) Trusting my PTSD counselor. Not sure how much of the problem is me and how much is her.
Grateful for:
1) My hubby and my niece. They are the sunshine in my life!
2) My friends...old and new, offline and online.
3) Every day that I'm still alive!
Working on:
1) Not worrying about judgment and rejection. This has always been a huge issue for me.
2) Not feeling like a failure, since I currently am unable to work, volunteer, travel, and live a "normal" life.
3) Learning how to prevent the memories of the past from affecting my present and future.
Have a great day, everyone!
Struggling with
1) House cleaning
2) Weight loss
3) Too much sleeping
Grateful for:
1) God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
2) My mental health and physical health
3)Home, family, friends, and animals
Working on:
1) Disability
2) Going out and doing things. (stop isolating)
3) not staying up all night and sleeping all day. :(
1) Grief
2) Weight gain
3) Energy level "low"
Grateful for:
1) My Faith and Resilience
2) My Angel with Horns Son
3) Improved kidney function
Working on:
1) De-cluttering House and My Head!
2) Stop isolating
3) Staying on a routine
1) Getting ready to go out of town, first big trip on my own in several years, since stopping Pain Meds.
2) My Oldest son staying with me for a while. Its hard to have another person in my space....
Grateful for:
1) My sons
2) Career and Volunteer work
3) Stability and ability to help others
Working on:
1) Living a life of BiPolar is constant never ending work to keep stable.
2) Keeping physical pain and medical illnesses managed to keep life managed
i hope your trip is both productive and fun Kat, i don't know where you get your energy.
hey Melise, ladybug, becky , jan and of course ML. nice to have a smile put on my face at 2.30am after a non-day.
struggling with
trying to find help.
lack of sleep then 'camel like' sleeping for the day like today from sheer exhaustion.
the public psychiatric system here is a big struggle, (full of rules and what can and cannot be talked about)
grateful for
a roof over my head..
my comfy bed
coffee
working on
trying to reclaim christmas.
trying not to go mad overspending.
remembering to eat.
looking forward to
two of the kids and wolfgang being here for christmas.
relishing those lazy days of that week that always seems outside of time between christmas and New Year.
Hopefully a better 2019.