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.
The weeks been tough but I'm getting through it. I'm trying to get out the house regularly but it's not been easy. Iv been drinking regularly which has given me a false sense of calmness and although I'm drunk it's allowed me to take part in social situations. Felt like my old self again for a little while at least. I know alcohol is not the answer though. When I'm sober I'm freaking out a lot. Can't seem to stop the negative narratives running through my head. Eating is incredibly difficult. The problem is that it's everyday. Takes me a long time to eat a meal or even think about starting to eat. I tick it off my list and then the next day it's back to the start and it all begins again. Haven't slept in my bed for months feel so much more comfortable on the sofa. It feels like everything in my life needs to be addressed. I'm not living my life like my peers, they are all going on holidays going out for meals and basically enjoying their lives. I'm just barely holding it together. Hate that life has come to this
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
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In all it's splendid colour!!I'm up for a very short time I hope...It's too early for me but I always seem to have these early awake times where I'm not quite ready to get upAnother chore day for me as I didn't get done all I wanted to yestetdayI hope that your day is blessed...xo
I understand what it is like to 'use things' to manage your moods, like alcohol, but then not feel so good about the fact that your using that stuff. I tend to manage my moods with food. And so I have become kind of chubby.
I hear you on another count when you look around you and feel you don't have a typical life like your peers. In fact many of us here don't have a typical arc to our lives. It makes me think of a poem I heard which I go back to a lot. It's pretty powerful.
https://www.facebook.com/bbctwo/videos/675370892879017/
Sending good vibes.
1 pill a day but it made me gain slot of weight. I had to look at it from that perspective and now I'm replacing it with working out. The pain of lifting weights is taking her place of the Benadryl. I hope you can find that one thing you can do to trade off the drinking. I know it's hard but I'm praying for you. So sorry you're going through that.
You need some help sweetie.... I'm glad you're hanging on the best that you can.....xo