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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deleted_user 02/03/2009

I guess this is mostly for bp1.

My therapist told me that most people don't remember their episodes. I remember mine in technicolour. How about you?

Zanobia 02/03/2009

I even remember the date I went down...but have no recollection of about 7-9 days...

absolutely nada...but I spoke six different languages fluently apparently, so go figure on that one...

Z

deleted_user 02/03/2009

there seems to be a line I get everything bright and annoying and thats what I recall. Climbing stuff, conversations with the tv and other assorted fun is gleamed from police records or inpatient

deleted_user 02/03/2009

Yep there are things I would like to forget but so far no luck.LOL

deleted_user 02/03/2009

I remember some things... how I looked in the mirror once I came down- O.M.G. I looked ten shades of roadkill.

I remember blips. The blips change depending on the day though.

Today I remember hiding under the sink, screaming as I clawed at my chest, the smoking room smell, the nice nurses who helped me.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

I rarely remember what I said or did while manic. It's very humiliating and it truly frightens me. It is one of my primary reasons I never wish to become manic for fear I will do and/or say something very regrettable.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

While I have plenty (too many) memories of episodes.heaps..people do often tell me stuff & it's like I'm hearing about someone else's outrageous escapades..and am shocked anew..if that makes sense? Yeah..lots I don't access..thankfully, I guess.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

I remember snippits. An image or a feeling. Once my son was telling me about an incident, I was able to recall how I felt. That is when I realized that I was paranoid as well. It helps sometimes to aske someone what they saw something that I did will jog my memory, but I can only recall the feeling I felt not the incident. I am not sure if that makes sense.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines
The ocean's Trident submarines
Lemons, limes and tangerines
I remember this

I remember traffic jams
Motor boys and girls with tans
Nearly was and almost rans
I remember this

History is made
History is made to seem unfair

irishwriter 02/04/2009

nice one oz. check out the poets corner group.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

It's REM....I will bathe in Salieri-like credit till breakfast though

irishwriter 02/04/2009

lol! forgive my ignorance and enjoy credit!!!

deleted_user 02/04/2009

I remember certain parts eerily well and some of it I have absolutely no recollection of. I don't remember my mom visiting me in the hospital, or anything until the day after I was admitted to the psych ward. Some of it I remember as if I am watching myself, but don't remember actually "being" there if that makes sense!

HannaHana 02/04/2009

I'm BP2...but have had psychosis...go figure. I remember everything pretty vividly...unless I forgot it. haha. As far as I know I remember everything. No one has told me things that I didn't know happened.

deleted_user 02/04/2009

Memory is hazy on some of them but I remember a-lot of the worst detail vividly which is a constant source of distress for me. I wish I could just obliterate the memories from my mind. So much wasted time in my pre-medicated life.

beckyp 02/04/2009

I am bp2 and when I'm in a major depression I dont remember things for months. I've lost 40-50 lbs during an episode and don't remember how I did it. I've also had psychosis and don't remember what I said or did during that time either.

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