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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Halterbroke
Halterbroke
Oh no. No no no no. I am trying to read a book right now, and annotate it for my mother (it's about bipolar, it's my last attempt to Inform her, see journal.) and I find...sigh. I cannot read properly. The attention span is... voooooot! Gone. This happens to me from time to time, and it drives me up the damn wall because it seems to come out of nowhere, and then eventually it goes back to nowhere. Anybody else have the attention span of a potato? What do you do about it?
freeheeler
freeheeler
the ability to concentrate comes and goes.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah, comes and goes with me, verrry frustrating.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i don't know if mines the attention span of a potato. But it is definitely that of a goldfish...their's is only 3 seconds. It sucks....oh look a bird!
Halterbroke
Halterbroke
A bird? Where? Hey! Shiny!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have that problem when I'm anxious, and depress. Most of the time is really hard for me to concentrate. It's a challenge for me to write in English, because my first language is Spanish. So I think in Spanish, and to write a sentence is an accomplishment. I think this therapy. It's working.
deleted_user
deleted_user
ROFL!!
Marilyanna
Marilyanna
Some author who has bipolar couldnt read for 10 years. I dont read well either use to love it. No tricks for you I am sorry.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have the same problem all the time. I want to read something and i just can't concentrate on it long enough to get it read. I belive it's just part of being BP.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i used to love writing and reading. Now everything is short hand, get to the point. I have several books I have started but just gave up on.
CarlaBentley
CarlaBentley
As yet, I have found nothing that helps better it!!!
I've always loved reading!!!! Now, I have to stick with stuff that I have read so many times, I damn near know it by heart!!!
Otherwise, forget it. It's either so confusing that I cannot make sense out of it, or my short term memory is so bad that I can't retain anything I read!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can read the enquire or celeb mags. :(
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah, along with cloudyness, and faulty logic almost constantly. I started taking effexor for that and some residual depression. is working.
ReginaPhalange
ReginaPhalange
Comes and goes with me too, I tend to end up reading a page over and over, I found doing something else and coming back to it a little later sometimes helps
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah and the doc's tell me to write 2 pages before I cut! HA HA HA I can't even type fast enough-I DREAM in mania
Pulpit
Pulpit
I try my best to put up with it. Sometimes I will be driving the church van picking people up and come to a light then not know where I'm going...very scary. I get confused all the time....drives me nuts. It seems someone will tell me something and half hour later I will forget, soooo....I would say my attention span is right about at the potatoe stage....lol
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