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.
This week has been pretty hard on me. I am feeling very agitated and irritable. One little thing doesn't go how I would like and I am upset. Right now I am feeling out of sorts. I want to just scream. I have been taking my meds how I am supposed to and I am still feeling this way. My mind is very jumbled so I am having a hard time making sense of it all. I am in a depressed phase. I just feel like giving up. No matter what good things happen, I find the negative in everything and get even more depressed. I am so mad at myself for not being able to let things go and not beat myself up all the time. All I want to do is lay in bed. I just want to quit everything.
Sorry you had a tough week. I know that restless agitation too. When I'm alone with it, it seems so powerful and I feel helpless. But when somebody's around, I'm amazed at how much better I do.
Did you call someone up to come over?
I know that you did not ask me for the advice but if you are taking your meds, there is something called the GAPS diet. lots of people with bipolar are now using it. the basic premise of the diet is that your gut is your second brain. it is responsible for making seratonin as well as your brain is. an important part of this diet is to eat fermented foods or foods with probiotics. if you have taken lots of antibiotics, and no probiotics, your body can suffer. still, if you have taken the probiotics, you could suffer. the diet is worth looking up on the internet. it is written by natasha campbell mcbride. really helps with depression as seratonin is what you are low on when you crash. it is a happy pill. it may help you turn things around. it helps me quite a bit.