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.
I have decided to name my bipolar “Grr/irritating etc../I don’t want to do anything” inner voice mode. “Miss BP” I’m discovering that by calling it by a “name” rather than my grr time, I feel I can have more psychological control over it. Plus it seems to helping with my family. When things aren’t going “right” with me, I’ve started telling them that “Miss BP” is visiting. It seems to be away for us all to know what’s going on without having to get into any details. Like we all know what it means when women say “Aunt Flow” is visiting. It somes it all up. Without having to explain anything.
Miss BP is visiting! I’m sitting on her right now. By not doing anything that I know will provoke her. Or anything that I know she will make difficult. Like my new learning of Needle Felting. I was doing good the other day with it, and then I suddenly found myself wanting to turn the grey squirrel I was working on, into a “flying” squirrel.
Pisses me off that she always comes unannounced! when I’m finally settling down over something. Or really starting to enjoy myself. Really, really anointing!
Currently I have the “benefit” of not working, and not having kids to be able to, NOT do things. I’m finding the not doing, shut out from the world “mental health” days to help lesson the beast, and how long she stays. Of course we know there are times when Miss BP likes to bring company. Still working on that one. I hate the med dosage changing thing, so trying out the Psychological tactic. I’m only on one med. brain surgery will just do wonders for your brain!
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Hey All...I hope that you have a lovely, peaceful beginning of your weekI have a bunch of chores that need doing but may put them off til tomorrow and just hang out with my landlord/roomie todayWhat about you?...Anything special going on?Have a great day and take good care of you!!..Xo
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Once again I've had a fever today. I'm not going to the hospital because that's a huge waste of time but I did schedule a dr appointment for Wednesday afternoon.
Kat
.Although I have to 'say' ... Menstruation although it can be annoying is a normal part of being a woman.... a disorder isn't so I wouldn't make too light of it
If this is a tool to help you great!
I would try and be aware of the duration of the episode and severity of symptoms.... If it goes on for too long I'd see my pdoc.
I hope that you start to feel better soon.... Big hug......xo
And please don’t think I’m taking my Bipolar lightly, due to my appearing to make fun, by calling my irksome time Miss BP. I have been learning more about my having bipolar in the past year than in the past 12 years since I was diagnosed. I have a better therapist now. Anyway. Yes, referring to my “down irksome, depression, times, as Miss BP visiting, is as you say a tool, to help lower my negativity Levels during that time. I’ve been on a new positive, self healing journey for almost a year now, and I’ve been using anything and everything that will help rid me of the army of negative thoughts and fears that had become a part of me. Yes I have Bipolar, but I’ve decided I’m not going to let it totally rule my life. I’m not going to let it be a negative in me anymore. In “my” head, bipolar became a negative term. So for me I changing it to Miss BP and Wonder Woman visitors.
And with my therapist’s help and my learning of how to “sit” on Miss BP, I have been able to lessen my episode duration from a week or more, to 4-5 days. And now Miss BP is helping with the severity, by helping lower the negative thoughts. Does that make better sense to you now? I just don’t want you to think, I’m not taking my disorders seriously. Cuz I am, I’m trying real hard to find the best way of managing it, that works for me, with as minimal med tweaking as possible.