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desert is a perfect place for BP what now i'm lost

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when i was the the milatry a few months ago. i went to the desert and could function perfect no sleep no guilt for the shit i saw or did. now i'm home out of the militry. now i find it hard to to find peace with so much pain i've caused and the pain that i've felt. so my question is how to you force yourself to leave the bad shit behind and move on without the the depressoinn side of your bipolar always pulling me back to it.
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Moving on means having to face the things that are causing you problems...Hard but true...I have learnt from experience that you cannot bury things deep enough to never have to face them again...I tried for years to bury things and I simply didnt want to face them...A change in attitude and then facing them meant that I finally faced with dealt with them to an extent and have now move on from them...
dancingd
dancingd
Every VET ,who has come home alive,struggles with those issues.

I can't imagine the pain you must feel.

But almost all BP people have created chaos and havoc in their lives...in one way or another.
How to forgive yourself?
You were doing what you had to do at the time.
A manic BP does what they think is best at the time.

It's all screwy....just try to remember,you are going to be ok.Talk with other VETS..talk with your Pdoc.
TALK it out....and good luck

And by the way
One American to another

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES FOR ME.
deleted_user
deleted_user
were you manic in the desert? i wonder if all that sun had anything to do with how good you felt.
deleted_user
deleted_user
the doctor said i went into a state of hyper maninc. but when i got back i crashed in to a depression. after that i started rapid cycling then a wonderful trip to the mental hospital. do i don't know if i was all the sun.
dancingd
dancingd
This is info I have only seen refered to in 2 articles on BP....bright sunlight can cause some people to become more aggitated or go into a manic phase.
Like I said,I've only read 2 references to this...but it is an interesting thought.
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I live in the cooler part of the desert. The desert is where all the speed freaks run away to out here. You see them all the time in Palm Springs.

Now lots of gangs are moving out here so they can cook their deadly meth.

But I can understand you on this, the desert is beautiful at times. Heat of the summer means awful nights that become cold.

When you walk at night you need to be careful of all the nocturnal animals and snakes.
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Yeah, I'm not saying it was all the sun either. But it may have contributed. The sun lamps they use to treat SAD (seasonal affective disorder) have been shown to make people prone to bp manic.
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i heard the same thing up in minnesota a lot a people get said during the winter
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