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.
Hi to you all:)
So I have been in and out of therapy for many years and have been given several diagnoses....some I know for sure are right on others not quite sure...so one of them was BP II. After reading some of your posts I am curious if this is true. I can relate to the compassion, loneliness, moodiness, etc. So I'd like to understand more about this condition and would like to know if anyone can relate.
Lots of Love :)
Christina
So I have been in and out of therapy for many years and have been given several diagnoses....some I know for sure are right on others not quite sure...so one of them was BP II. After reading some of your posts I am curious if this is true. I can relate to the compassion, loneliness, moodiness, etc. So I'd like to understand more about this condition and would like to know if anyone can relate.
Lots of Love :)
Christina
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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
There are many good books that explain Bipolar Disorders.
I have BP2. It is no fun. I can tell you that!
But we can't diagnose bipolar over a computer
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Bipolar is a complex mental illness, and needs to be evaluated by a qualified Psychiatrist , before a DX [ diagnosis ] can be properly made.
My suggestion, make an appt with a Pdoc [ psychiatrist ] and go from there
Good luck
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As the rest have said a psych will be able to evaluate you after a history of your symptoms has been taken..It can take some time for a firm diagnosis.. But symptoms can still be treated...x
What everyone else said, well I always have something to say LOL, forgive me now - for whatever I might say in the future you don't like! LOL
After a couple days here (not being a board, chat, message kind of person).......
I felt I hit the JACKPOT!!! The support and friendships, OMG awesome - the things I learn from reading others people support, WOW - I think I've been here awed, inspired and supported - well, since I found the place : )
For me, I had a good dx (diagnosis) and researched about my bipolar and the meds I was given. I took all question, sometimes a written list! To help confirm or inform my pdoc (psychiatrist).
I have improved inside and out, by knowing what I have and learning what I need to change to be a better person - some of my behaviors, were out of control - along with my moods. When meds work, those coping skills didn't work or help anymore, I had to learn new ones. I'm not fixed, have ups and downs - but so does everyone else on this earth.....
I learn the post I read on here! From peer to peer, friend to friend= whether here or real life meetings. Isolation is depressions strongest weapon.... on here, I could isolate,and yet NOT.. makes it easier to get better, or not get worse...
Hope you get half of what I do!!! Again, Welcome Woman!!!!
Moodiness that impairs functioning is getting into mental illness territory, for sure.
Welcome & I hope you find the answers you're looking for :) x