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.
Ithica's thread on google searches and our avatars got me thinking. Sometimes I want to out myself as somebody with bp. To scream from the rooftops: "I'm nuts sometimes but that's just me and if you don't like it, fine, go f#$ yourself and the horse you rode in on!!!"
Or Beepers are people to! I mean, I run into all of these really messed up normal people. Mean people, liars, violent people, politicians. There are a lot of worthless SOBs out there, and when you compare most of us to the "normal folks" (I despise the N word, but don't know what else to use), we don't come out too badly.
If I were a bit more successful, I'd come out. I'm freeheeleer and I'm bipolar and I won't make your daughter pregnant with another shrek and my head doesn't spin in circles!
Or Beepers are people to! I mean, I run into all of these really messed up normal people. Mean people, liars, violent people, politicians. There are a lot of worthless SOBs out there, and when you compare most of us to the "normal folks" (I despise the N word, but don't know what else to use), we don't come out too badly.
If I were a bit more successful, I'd come out. I'm freeheeleer and I'm bipolar and I won't make your daughter pregnant with another shrek and my head doesn't spin in circles!
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
" If I were a bit more successful, I'd come out. I'm freeheeleer and I'm bipolar and I won't make your daughter pregnant with another shrek and my head doesn't spin in circles! "
Only BPs are this inventive anyway.
Intelligence is a sure-fire giveaway.
And my dogs, but they swore their secrecy with me. Otherwise I am going to get that container of generic doggie treats.
They actually do pick up on the moods. Man, taking care of them is the best therapy.
I mean, I've been lost in the space outside so long that it's difficult to ascertain exactly when I'm using the brain inside my head or the 'mindspace' outside of the 'door'.
The thoughts outside the door took some getting used to, scary,wonderful and fantastical.
Non-ill people don't relate to that.
Sadly.
They will ALWAYS trip on the way we can be deep then shallow or puerile.
So telling them you are BP is just the start of many dead-end conversations.
At the same time, with the mood swings... I'm very outgoing, loud, opinionated and funny (laugh, well I think so, bp delusions???) when I am normal (have to spit when I use that word) or up. When I'm down, I'm a banana slug. The mood swings really freak folks out!
Floodgates open then.
I would have known NOTHING about BP if I were not ill.It's too much to fantasise ourselves out of now.
I can't imagine a sane me.
It's the 'BP me' that affects others around me.We change the dynamics of our social circle in a different way now.The sane need us to connect with them really.
Prior to the biopsy, the nurse asked me if I was on any meds. I said yes, that I was on lamictal. She asked what it was for and I said BP. She jumped back, looking like a deer in the headlights, and asked me if I needed to see my psychiatrist right now. She then told the dermatologist, who tiptoed around me like she was walking on egg shells.
It is unnerving when medical professionals, people who should know better, react strangely to bp.