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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lostmyselfsomewhere 02/16/2011

I don't understand how we can put people in space, do organ transplants, face transplants and cure diseases except when it comes to mental illness. Our illnesses can be devastating not only to us but the ones we love so much. I am tired of reading disclaimers about my medicine on how "it is believed to act on certain chemicals in the brain". Really doctor is that the best you people can do? I realize everyone is slightly different but come on they must have some idea how these things work. I think the study and treatment of mental illnesses is still in the dark ages. What will it take to get the resources and meds we need?

deleted_user 02/16/2011

Everyone's brain chemistry is different, if scientists could come up with endless amounts of chemical combination's that lead to creating a stable or fixed brain then I'm sure they'd do it in a flash. It's just not that simple. There's too many things they don't know yet.

In the meantime all we can do is find the right combination of medications to act as a stable mood barrier and buffer.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

There will never be a cure because every single person that has bipolar has different brain chemistry.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

I wish that we had a cure every day. I wish that there were better studies and better understanding. (I also wish this about my epilepsy.) Psychiatry and neurology are guessing games. They're about as literal and as precise as meteorology. Sad, but true. The brain is just a mystery...

acuriousfish 02/16/2011

somethings are easy. Rocket science isn't really rocket science. It's a bunch of simple things like gravity, materials science etc.

Stuff with people is alot harder. There are no cures yet for some cancers and other diseases despite much research and effort and money.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

I wonder the same damn thing every day. I also wonder why meds work for a while and then stop. It's ridiculous. I hate bipolar.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

Because your brain gets used to them and starts fighting against them, hence needing your meds adjusted.

The scientific study of mental illnesses is an extremely awkward one because it's hard to test new theories out. You can't test on animals so you have to test on humans and what if your combination's are deadly? it's a difficult science.

veryblue 02/16/2011

god help the people who act as guinea pigs

deleted_user 02/16/2011

It's like all those people who received lobotomies in the 40's and 50's, turned them into complete vegetables.

chilvr 02/16/2011

my mother was diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic in her early 40's, in the early 1960's...it amazes me that the treatments she got back then are still relatively the same treatments she would get now if she were still alive.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

I could do with out a a cure if it can be managed. MY RA is not curable either but it is managed. I just wish the drugs that manage things don't have to be so devistating on the body and cause it's own issues.

CarlaBent 02/16/2011

There's plenty of other things that can't be cured. But most of them have better, more definitive tests to identify the problem. With us, they just have to guess, based on our behavior!!!
I don't know what they'd do with me, anyway. My meds always work for a little while and then stop. It would be so cool if they could just take a blood test and know what to give us!!!
And yes, a cure would be just wonderful, lostmyselfsomewhere!!!!! Or if they could just come up with a med that would make us 'normal' all the time!! That would be sweet!!!!

deleted_user 02/16/2011

There's too much money in it.....look how much the drug companies would lose and the pdoc's too, wow. They probably will never disclose a cure even if there is one.

deleted_user 02/16/2011

Y ou would think that they could have found somthing . I t would be nice hugs minnie

deleted_user 02/16/2011

So far medicine has been concentrating on attempting to treat the symptoms.

Bipolar disorder is a genetic defect or at least a genetic trait.

Also consider very little is known about the human brain.

Bipolar is made worse or activated by stress, so reducing stress and dealing with traumatic causes is a good start to feeling better.

The idea that everyone needs different meds is hogwash. People think this but the truth is most medication is only effective for a short period of time.

Unfortunately it is nearly futile looking for help when it comes to dealing with things like stress and trauma.

jimlucky1 02/16/2011

There is very little money available for bp research.But they are now discovering new ways to see inside the brain.

If the presidents or future president of the country child get bp and billions would be available.

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