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.
At what cost? I know there are some of you out there that are stable on your meds, with your regular ups and downs like anyone else in the world.
But what of us that the side effects completely inhibit us from functioning normally? You could say it's the wrong mix of meds...but how do you find the right mix? Years and years it can (and does) take a lot of times. By then, IMO, you've possibly given up on ever being stable again.
By the time I'm stable enough to go back to work, technology may have changed far too much for me to even perform my job. What is stability? How do you get there? How can meds be the answer when they so often make you feel worse? Couseling, sure,it's great to get things off your chest...but just talking about it doesn't change it.
I say you have to do it yourself (with meds...the right mix...and counseling), but if you're not motivated to do so (which is often the case), then how the hell can you achieve such a thing?
But what of us that the side effects completely inhibit us from functioning normally? You could say it's the wrong mix of meds...but how do you find the right mix? Years and years it can (and does) take a lot of times. By then, IMO, you've possibly given up on ever being stable again.
By the time I'm stable enough to go back to work, technology may have changed far too much for me to even perform my job. What is stability? How do you get there? How can meds be the answer when they so often make you feel worse? Couseling, sure,it's great to get things off your chest...but just talking about it doesn't change it.
I say you have to do it yourself (with meds...the right mix...and counseling), but if you're not motivated to do so (which is often the case), then how the hell can you achieve such a thing?
I know ,I don't self abuse,I don't go into rages and smash things.I do get depressed,but I'm not in that Hell Hole,I once was in.
I can pay my bills,grocery shop,clean house,care for myself.
But ,the side effects of my med cocktail are long,and debilitating.
My vision is blurry,I walk with a stagger sometimes,I slur my words,I forget words,I lose focus,I have lost cognative abilities.......so is being stable WHAT exactly?
NOT being suicidal?
I function,but at a much lower ability than in the past.Is this stable?
Maybe i should take some lessons from certain people, on how to be a nasty bitch. Then he'd agree I am unemployable.
That is a bit selfish of me, but hey, I'm fu**ed up, and I want it to stop! I loved my career. There's nothing I want to do more than to go back to before. (I know everyone is like this...and I hate to be a pain in the a$$ complainer).
Quacked...you're an a$$hole. MUAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AlIhBFtLo
That way we could start a whole new career. A career that you get paid helping getting rid of the stigma of mental illness.
We rule!
Nice Mr. Ed theme song Boxy. xx
But we are still only a minute part of the population on the whole. People might think we're crazy...haha...hmmm...nevermind.