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.
When I am manic I don't eat, I can get very thin and people tell me I look great - but I know its unhealthy - still I like being thin.
Then when I am depressed I eat alot and gain weight. In fact gaining weight is one of the ways I notice I am depressed. I am on great meds now so I have no extreme swings - just mildly depressed and I keep eating. And of course gaining weight mildly increases my depression. I hate the extra weight but I keep trying to sooth myself with food.
I think not eating is the main thing I miss about my mania. I wish I could have just that part of it back.
Then when I am depressed I eat alot and gain weight. In fact gaining weight is one of the ways I notice I am depressed. I am on great meds now so I have no extreme swings - just mildly depressed and I keep eating. And of course gaining weight mildly increases my depression. I hate the extra weight but I keep trying to sooth myself with food.
I think not eating is the main thing I miss about my mania. I wish I could have just that part of it back.
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Life has been really hard this past year. I'm really feeling down and alone. I can't talk to my family about my depression and anxiety their not very understanding about it. It's really hitting me since my mother passed a few months ago, plus stress from having to eventually move. Also having my niece coming around who suffers bipolar and refuses to take medication for it. Its been...
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
Now, I've been mostly stable. My meds have kept me in check for a while as well--I still have ups and downs, but they're not as severe as they used to be. For the past--well, I don't even know how long anymore...--I've been dealing with a low-level depression. Not too bad, but I could be better. And now I just keep eating. It sucks, because I've gained so much weight, with the increased appetite and the meds. And it kind of makes me wish a full on depression would just come so I could lose some weight again (weird wish I know, but I'm just kinda sick of the static nature of my mild depression.)...It's weird that when I was really depressed I couldn't eat at all, but now being mildly depressed I want to eat everything.
Anyway, I know what you mean. The weight gain isn't helping me with my light depression either. Actually recently, I've been getting some hypomania too, but it's alternating with some slightly worse depression now...and either way I'm eating...Especially cause recently when I'm hypomanic, my thing is that I want to cook all the time. I love cooking.
totally agree with burgermaster on this one
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Rachel
I know what a pain losing weight can be, but I also know how great it makes you feel to know you are on the path to better health. Now, if only I could quit smoking lol!