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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After being manic most of the summmer, slowly coming down. I am now down. Near the crash point, hanging just above it with Prozac. But the Prozac isn't doing much.

Nothing helps. Depression hasn't gotten to me this bad in a while. I can almost always read my way through it. Read book after book. Can't do that right now either.

Stuck with it, and it's crushing.

Have an appointment with a psychiatrist who specializes in pharmacology in two weeks.

This depression feels something like death.
I could use some support, and do not have much coming from anywhere. People hear "bipolar" and run the other direction. Or see ya when you feel better.

My husband is there for me and he worries! He worries a lot. Having him there for me is just not enough right now.

Don't feel like doing a thing, not even sitting through a movie.

Help!
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I felt that way a couple months ago - I didn't even want to get on my computer and that means something is seriously wrong with me.

Well - I waited it out and it got better - it seems like that terrible rock bottom abyss is only temporary. Hang in there, we're here for ya.
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How long have you been on the Meds? Do they need adjusting?
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Could you try and move your appointment up? Let them know how serious this is. We all loose such much time waiting for our appointments, it seems unfair when we need immediate relief.
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I have serious problems with med, allergic reactions that are potentially fatal, so I cannot take mood stabilizer drugs. This is why I am going to see a specialist in pharmacology. That's two weeks away and right now two weeks seems like forever the way I am feeling.
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I am following the same pattern...was manic over summer, crashed in october, went into hospital and now i am a mixture of the two...happy, sad, irritated all at once...it sucks, but it to shall pass...hang in there
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These specialists have not been taking any new patients for years now. My family doctor managed to talk them into seeing me. No, the appointment cannot be moved up and I am lucky to have it at all.
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Maybe sometimes if we tell ourseves that we are sinking fast we just go with the flow. Try telling yourself that this is very temperary I don't have to sink i can just have a bad day like everybody else. That does happen even to BP's.
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