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- TW: mention of previous self-harm in a bit..TLDR; struggling really hard emotionally tonight, maybe it's the meds, who knows?Yesterday I drank a medium iced latte from Dunkin around noon. Caffeine isn't usually a trigger for me. Also not willing...
- Hey guys. Thanks everyone for your support. Today I have a follow up with my PCP and the plan is to get her to sign off on my medical leave paperwork and make a plan for when I will return to work, she doesn't know I've alreadybeen out for a month...
- Thank you all that replied to my ED post. I brought up my trouble with food in a Zoom support group I attend and was able to get some additional support there. Someone also said there that lack of appetite can be a symptom of hypomania as well and...
- Does anyone have problems with jaw pain when depressed? Mine has been starting to bother me a lot more the last couple days and I don't know what to do about it. Long overdue I called a different provider for my primary care to see if they are...
- Have any of you ever developed an eating disorder? I'm sure there's another group here for that but I posted it here because quite frankly DS is like a ghost town it seems, and I am curious about how it relates to BP. I think I might be starting...
- Does anyone find they force themselves to avoid sleeping when in a depression? Sometimes I legitimately try to sleep but can't (insomnia) but sometimes I straight up just avoid going to sleep and I think it happens more on nights when my mood is...
- So I have decided to take medical leave from my job to help myself recover from this depression. I work with little children in a behavioral health setting and it is just too difficult for me right now while I'm struggling with not getting...
- So I got the okay from my primary care to start weaning off of the Timolol I've been taking as a migraine preventative. I want to see if it's a factor in causing my depression. Anyone here with chronic migraine and bipolar and find a way to manage...
- Sometimes during my depression when I'm out in public it feels like everyone is far away, distant...or somehow almost like life isn't quite real? That's the only way I can think of to describe it. Is there a name for this and do any of you go...
- My depression is really bad. I am emotionally and physically completely exhausted.I've only been showering every few days and eating is a huge struggle. Yesterday I think I only ate some cheese it's, half a pint of ice cream, and a few bites of my...
- Nobody has been on this board very much but thought I'd give it a try anyway. I used to cut on and off throughout high school and a little in college but I havent now in approx 5 years. However the urges have still followed me through every...
- Hi guys. * I'm going to be trying to get back into counseling and I know this isn't a replacement for treatment but I'm really struggling with feeling confused by my symptoms and just wanted to see if others relate/can help me understand what I'm...
- I started taking timolol (20mg x day) a few months ago to help with chronic migraines. Last week I started experiencing a mixed depression (on and off racing thoughts and increased energy). This is the first bipolar episode I've had in a long time...
- Hi everyone I am going by Distracted Giraffe Lady, as you can plainly see (that reminds me of a Dr suess book)Anyway to be short, I am a young adult (less than 30) and I struggled with depression a lot as a teenager and consequently, cutting too. A...
- Hi, I am Distracted Giraffe Lady, and I'm new here. I need some extra support in my life but wanted the privacy of a silly screen name. It has been almost 5 years since I was officially diagnosed with bipolar type 1. (Though I had a major...