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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Today, I shall begin to restrict even if it means I feel like I'm starving all day. Rather than food, I should have said Depakote is the devil because it makes me want to eat constantly, and as a result, I've gained more weight than I can be comfortable with. Now, I HAVE to do something about it, and I'm not willing to take the healthy route and wait for hell and ever to drop the pounds. I'll have a little something for breakfast, and then, one meal later on in the day. Thats it!
Wish me luck! I'm on my way to getting back the body I had for umm...23 years or so.
Wish me luck! I'm on my way to getting back the body I had for umm...23 years or so.
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i made this account because i hope this reaches someone who can understand. I feel immense shame and guilt over my past behavior while manic. I have ruined relationships with friends and family members, gotten tattoos that i dont want, done things that make me cringe. The weight of the self hatred gets to be too much sometimes. I feel like a burden. Nobody understands. I hate myself today.
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Our great friend OlderC could really use some love and support right now... She's hit a rough patchBig squishy hug Kat... I hope that you start to feel better really soon.... xo
you can't beat eating healthy and exersise. trust me, starvation will only fuck you up.
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Weight gain is something that should be addressed better by the Clinicians who prescribe the Meds.
It is too much of a cop out to say there are 'side effects'.
Especially when the weight gain has a worse effect than the mental health diagnosis.
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I know eating healthy is the way to go, but I also know it takes much longer to lose the weight that way. I know my body will go into survival mode, but honestly, I done this once...ate only one small meal a day (had all the soda I wanted), and after only a few days of doing that, I lost five pounds. I really think if I can drop this excess weight, I can keep it off by exercising and eating better, but for now, I'm determined to restrict because I HATE myself this way! It only makes my mental state worse, but I feel as though I can't go off the Depakote because it actually works for me. I'm on a cocktail of meds, and it seems it takes every single one to keep me in balance, and today, there will likely be another med added to the mix of the seven or so I already take. UGH! It's INSANE!
I do wish you luck.
My first doc put me on Lithium and Seroquel, I packed on over 60 lbs and he told me to love myself. I told him to screw himself because I was fat and miserable. My new doc is more into physical well-being and put me on Lamictal, Abilify and a high dose of fish oil. I lost all the weight,plus some, got into shape and feel better.
Good luck to you.
I'd still rather be fat as hell and sane, than insane and suicidal and thin enough to fit in one casket only.
Get off it if you can. I now take Lithium adn Seroquel and the weight is coming off now.