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.
Can being chemicaly embalanced affect you the rest of your life?
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
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Wow, it's the middle of the week already!Today is our 11 year anniversary, so we're going out to a nice dinner. I'm losing a lot of sleep these days, hence a wonky schedule and uncomfortable feelings. But I know it will pass, eventually.I hope all of you have a peaceful day, and may good things come your way!
Bipolar isn't curable.
So the prospect of being medicated for the rest of my life seems probable
The Wolf
You can be chemically imbalanced because have taken something in. You can be chemically imbalanced from something within you that changes over time and you can be chemically imbalanced permanently.
If you are talking about bipolar it is believed now that it is permanent. However that may change in the future as gene therapy techniques are developed. In that case it may be possible to directly influence a set of genes activities to stop the imbalance in the first place.