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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HannaHana
HannaHana
I've reached that plateau of "the middle of nowhere". Maybe this is what my new "normal" is. Not happy, not sad. Not depressed, not manic. Not numb, not overly emotional. It's boring.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Do you feel any sort of fear.........I mean restlessness as to when this tunnelled flatness will end. Do you feel strong enough ?
justletmebe
justletmebe
Is it a flat feeling?
tommymott
tommymott
Ah, but boring is good when it comes with the abscence of symptoms. At least that's my story.
GinaWonders
GinaWonders
yea, I'm going through the same thing - but have reflected on what is missing.

People with Drinking and Drugs problems - Police, Fights, worry about car repairs, or electric bills, wishing others would make me happy, thinking "poor me".

Yea, I'm going to learn how to relax, without calling it painful depression : ) It will be back eventually.... LOL

I'm all about create a life between episodes, or "write my own story.." Bipolar might be a chapter, but PLEASE, I don't want it the whole book! (just joking no writer here LOL)
HannaHana
HannaHana
I get waves of anxiety for no apparent reason. I'm not even thinking of anything in particular at the time. Other than that? Nothing. I talk about things that I want to do, I'm not motivated, but I think I can push through without the motivation anyway.

I guess it does seem kind of flat. Not numbness, but yeah...flat.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am in the state of feeling nothing as well. I have no eemotions, no feelings, no highs, no lows, no motivation,, no desire, no nothing.

I have been this way for a bit now. I talk to my thrapist all the time about this and he is trying to help me but I feel no better. I'm not sure if I like this "stable" feeling better than the episodes. I'm not even sure this is what stable is.

I hope you find that this is a temporary situation for you. I know I don't like it very much. Good luck.