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.

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I feel like I'm surrounded by BP. It's everywhere and everyone has it. Some of my friends have it, craploads of my family have either BP or a mood disorder of some kind, or they're just bitchy....whatever. BP is on the TV. Even Oprah has done 2 shows on it in a two or three week span...I know this not because I watch Oprah but become a well meaning family member suggested I watch it. I just feel like it's everywhere around me and in me. It permeates every cell of my body and every aspect of my life. I'm reading books on it and I'm swallowing all the damn pills I resent having to take. I struggle to keep the BP from taking over my life. I HAVE BP. I am NOT BP. There is a difference. I just don't know where the BP ends and where I begin.
Does anyone else feel this way???
Does anyone else feel this way???
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Perhaps you notice it more because you don't want to be BP? I'm getting that because you mentioned the pills that you resent having to take.
Do you resent the diagnoses? None of us like being BP either. Some have accepted it and some haven't. We're all a work in progress.
Say it aloud to yourself and you'll see what I mean.
A prisoner of our own minds.
I've watched my wife go through the meds adjustment. I don't like watching the side effects and how they affected her. But, my wife is back to the person I used to know. Her rage is gone. Her manic, "who the hell is that person?," side is gone. Everything that bp enabled her to do badly is now under control. I'm very thankful that I have a wife who is willing to take her meds so that she can function. I'm thankful that she is trying so hard to make everything right again.
Sorry for the long post...I know that many can't read long posts. I just wanted to share. Thanks.
The vure was to have me ONLY around adults so that my mind would be kept up with.
Yeah, well for a 10 year old like too many of us been to hell and back too many times.
Anyways, I have BP y friend T has BP my dad won't admit he is BP he also has BPD and PTSD
I guess child hood traumas are pretty normal. Glad I have been able to keep my kids pretty much snuggled if not smothered by mommies nest!!!