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.
In the field I work in, it has been recently known to me that addicts can screw up thier brains to much (never having BP before) and suddenly developing BP.
And, once the bipolar is there, many do self-medicate, especially before dx.
Either way, bp is enough to deal with without blaming myself for it, so I quit askin
Plus, I was to bullheaded to believe that something was wrong with me and couldn't be explained with my bullshit ideas. I.E. Spritually damaged, etc.
I've read that drugs, abuse, trumatic experiences can all help in bringing out Schizophrenia. So why not Bipolar?
Like Meth abuse, it is obvious what it does to people after being on that drug for a long time. Give it time and there will be new names for this abuse.
I had a very abusive upbringing, and they think my mums dad had BP, he passed away when I was 1 from tropical disease from working up in Papua New Guniea.
Drugs were a huge escape for me, but the down ended up being more than they high :((