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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hope you get better soon.....

deleted_user
deleted_user
Isnt that an oximoron in the BP world??? I saw this in a post and I know they ment well... but we will never get better.... stable mabey, feel a little better maybe..... but we will never BE better


maybe its just me but it drives me nuts to hear that it will get better soon.;.... Im looking at the last 14 years of my life and people telling me it will get better soon... and soon never happens... WTF???? and no I have no idea why I am even making this a post....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Some of us have comparatively stable periods where we are not manic, hypomanic, depressed or mixed...sometimes though with each big episode, you recover less ground...if this makes sense...In my family, we all see to have relatively 'normal' times, when medicated.
deleted_user
deleted_user
and even non-bp people have some mood swings...so yeah, I guess it's referring to times when moods aren't off the charts.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I guess it's just something you say...some crappy phrase people use to just make conversation...it's like a filler...when they don't know what to say and the don't care, but they make it look like they do by saying that!
Halterbroke
Halterbroke
Hi Buggy, that drives me up the wall too because "better" for me means generally moderately less crazy than usual. LOL. God bless. I hear ya.
deleted_user
deleted_user
ya I guess I can see that but I guess Im in such a funk that the idea of 'getting better' is just not right.... I thought I was getting better and then along comes MR mood swing and slam no more better.... so it makes me wonder if there is ever a better... instead I think Ill say I hope you feel happier soon, or I hope you have some calm soon.....
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah, fair enough x
deleted_user
deleted_user
it drives me nuts that people assume we will get better..ita a lifelong illness with ups and downs. I do much better on my meds and i have people telling me not to take them. they are not living my life so they dont know
deleted_user
deleted_user
As for me I'm feeling better. I'm trying to do everything suggested. Diet, exercise, positive thinking. Taking my meds the way prescribed. Sorry if you don't feel like you can get better, I'll try to remember not to use that phrase again:)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I guess to me it just implies that one day we wont be Bipolar any more... Poof your better.... That just sooo isnt going to happen, and it just struck me as odd that some one with bp eould say I hope you get better soon... I know they ment to say I hope you feel better soon, or that this to shall pass soon... but it just struck me off key if you know what I mean.

Just goes to show you how we often dont think about what we say when we say it
TKVanGogh
TKVanGogh
I feel you Buggy...Last week I was told by my case mgr, "You've done everything you can, unfortunately this is just a waiting period"...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Better is relative. Not that your relatives are better, but... oh, you know what I mean!
dobiedots
dobiedots
Better? Better than what? The present mood swing? The previous mood swings? Some of these people that say this actually think "better" is "cured". I get very upset w/them, they have no clue. I have a pessimistic attitude about it...get better for what? The next mood swing? It's just a vicious cycle that never ends.
But today is a beautiful day anyway!
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