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.
Hey, is there anyone else out there that has a real problem with getting out of the house to go anywhere? I am always running late to work because of this. I have OCD bad and I have a certain routine that I MUST follow in a certain way with certain counting in my head and certain phrases that I say. Check the iron, check that the waters off, the straightning irons off. Then I must wash my hands, then the stove and wash my hands again, all the while phrases and numbers running through my head. And then I have 2 minutes to get out the door or I have to repeat the whole process again. I have to check the washing machine that I put soap in it, the dish washer. At work it's worse, I have to check the computers that I signed off, I mean like 10 or 12 times. Please look at me like I'm crazy. It would be ok if I did it once, but...what's up with that? I also have to say a little prayer if I hear a siren, or I think that that person getting hurt is my fault. Sometimes I think I accidently hit a person on the road, even though I know I didn't deep down inside. Sometimes I get "stuck" in the middle of a sentence, having to deal with something running through my head, like numbers or saying phrases in my head. It's mentally exhausting.
Is this normal for OCD and BP people???
Is this normal for OCD and BP people???
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
I have similar illnesses to you but I have the opposite problem. I can't be late. Ever. If it even feels like I'm going to be late I panic, get angry and generally go to pieces. All for nothing of course but that's what my routine is. I know where it came from, my father. He was obsessed with it and taught me the same. Interestingly though my sister is like you and she too has similar illnesses. Time means little to her and everything to me. She could turn uop a day late, and has, and say "What problem?"
Normal doesn't exist I think is my message and anything you've been through someone else will have to so talk with them.
For appliances, I unplug them, then never have to worry.
Otherwise, my mantra has become, "nothing bad has happened, nothing bad is happening now and nothing bad will happen." I use that as my OCD mantra and it works for me.