What Are Your Wishes for About Bipolar Disorder?

How do you find someone to help with making big decisions in your life such as moving, finding new doctors, changing insurance, etc.

Would love to hear more about natural remedies for bipolar disorder instead of the medication route all the time

Would like info on parenting an adolescent with bipolar. Issues such as social anxiety make school very difficult.

I’ve been told I have Bipolar II disorder, or III or IV, etc.,
but major depression seems to be my main problem.
I’m tired of taking lots of meds to feel & function better, but not “good.” And I miss my mild hypomania. I’d like to know more about others like me.

When is it time to go to the hospital? I’m not suicidal, but can’t quit crying and feel totally hopeless. They keep trying to adjust my meds, but I’m losing faith that I’m ever going to feel better. I feel like a burden and I just want to snap out of this. I can’t work in this shape and feel not only like an emotional burden on my family, but a financial burden as well. Will hospitalization help?

Would love some practical advise on how to handle a teenager that keeps it together at school but feels free to let loose on his parents at home

The submit button did not work when I checked off some of the subjects. I like reading about meds and side effects. I like knowing which celebrities have bipolar disease and how they deal with it. I’d also like to know how to explain this “taboo” diagnosis with my family…they won’t talk about my bipolar dz. Although I am able to work (on many meds), I wonder how the disabilites act work with this diagnosis. Thank you.

I’d love to see more about how people successfully co-live with their illness, and how they do it. How people who are able to maintain a normal life. How BP people can cope with life/work/relationship stresses. What are their strategies. So on and so forth. thanks.

Coping with the fact that my bi-polar husband’s personality varies so greatly. I never know “who” I am coming home to.

I wish to find a mood stabilizer to which I won’t have skin allergies. My last mood stabilizer caused my skin to flake off, crack in corners of my ears & mouth (which didn’t heal) and severe acne. I’ve been on mood stabilizers back to back for over a year experiencing severe debilitating acne from all of them since going off Lithium, which affected my thyroid adversely.

Decision making on life altering situations.

As a person who has bipolar-I think it is important to forget about the labels-and be a human being-an integrated person.Stuff the labelling process-play the ball not the player -as the football metaphor goes.I think there is a danger of being a 2 dimensional crdboard cut out-”I am bipolar etc I hve a huge disorder etc.
No we are human beings,some would say we are spiritual beings going through a human existence.
I believe there are worse things than mental disorders-I ould say most of the human race has sopme sort of disorder-racism,sexism,casteism,ageism-greed anger ,pride,lust,attachment.
No having a two pole mood spectrum aint such a big deal-if we look objectively at the total mass of humanity and all the illnesses that afflict people-we should be positive about WHAT WE ARE capable of-physically,emotionlly,mentaly.
The beauty of a psychological problem is-we can always improve our mentality,our attitudes,our self talk.
I recommend as an ex label junkie and low self esteemer with a huge mental illness chip on my shoulder-Be Human first.Dont label unnaturally your self.OK you and I need to take medicine SO WHAT! Lets be partt of the human race and get over -the paradigm “IM sick I am bipolar poor me or look at me -Im really special I am bipolar.No we are not, special because of our bipolarity-it is our attitude to ourselves and others than define us.What we think ,write,act,sing,play -in short LETS BE positve about our BIPOLAR ABILITY-treat it as a gift and harness all the medical.societal,community postives that are out there.
Know we can participate in our community-we are members of the country,etc the human race first-bipolar etc comes after that.Lets be the best we can-the more we function successfully as ordinary people-the more we demystify the bullshit so called society heaps on “mentally ill-at times. My T shirts would read words like {Multitalented human being good-mood manager self believer Im a good person positive attitude.
Its true that whatever we think-our thoughts are a goldmine-whatever our attitude towards bipolar disorder when it is positve we will manifest thepositve reaction, lets be the best -it doesnt matter what our pschology is we need to look after our minds yes.We do not need to harm our mind set.Lets be on mds lets have this disorder-but let it not inhibit our progress a s functioning HUMAN BEINGS-this is our legacy-TO BE HUMAN-bipolar disorder perhaps will make, assist our journey towards being a truly integrated human being.

Even though I am way past pregnancy, I felt it was a critical topic as we have members on the forum and in chat who are or will be pregnant looking for information such as meds that are safest during pregnancy (some are relatively safe when weighed against the health of the mother), non-drug techniques that can be used to manage anxiety, minor hypomania, depression, and how they can work to stay stable. Some of the things we tell non-pregnant bp’ers like freezing credit cards in a plastic container of water would work for them too. Putting their partner in charge of their meds is also a good strategy when in an episode. Meditation and warm baths help bring on sleep. All these things and more need to be communicated to our pregnant members. We’ve had a couple of hosts and members who have recently given birth who might be excellent resources for such an article or series of articles. But even though not too many people checked pregnancy, it is important. Hugs and love, peg

Hi,

First of all, I really appreciate About Bipolar. Thanks a lot. I would like to hear more about Bipolar II. The distribution of mood fluctuation is different (more depression and fluctuating within the depression range), ultrarapid cycling and mixed episodes in Bipolar II.

I would like to know more about rapid cycling and how to tell what your triggers are.

I would also like to know how to get family to understand that it is possible for me to have normal moods. I can be happy without being manic and I can have a bad day or be upset without being depressed. Everything that happens in my life isn’t because I have BP disorder.

Do you have to tell your employer? If you do, They still have to treat you the same as all other employees correct?

That adults with bipolar disorder be held responsible and to the same standards of behavior espeically when it comes to abusing a child. They should not be getting away with the excuse that “they are bipolar”. Not acceptable to abuse a child no matter what problem you have.

I couldn’t get your questionnaire to submit. My adult daughter was recently diagnosed with Bipolar disorder after a severe bout of depression. She’s never exhibited depression symptoms (33 yrs old) before. Was hospitalized and is heavily medicated, is unemotional, unmotivated, can’t work, marriage is suffering and functions at a much lower emotional level. I want to know how to help and know what to expect long term from her. Are her meds right, is this the correct diagnosis? She isn’t attending therapy or seeing doctor because of enormous expense not covered by insurance.
Sorry this is long but my vivacious daughter is a shell of her former self and I need to understand this better and help her!

I tell people who have told me that they are bi-polar to NOT tell anyone that. Reason, anytime you have a rightous anger or mood, you will always be considered by others as a whacko. This has happened to me over and over and I am sorry I ever told anyone. My wish would be for the stigma of bi-polar to be considered as any other long term illness – e.g. diabetes, ulcerative colitis, high blood pressure etc. Impossible I know, but this is my wish.

My biggest wish in regards to bi-polar disorder is similar to the one I have for other diseases: full and complete access to medical records for adoptees, so that we can be aware of possible biological pitfalls. So much heartbreak and frustration could have been averted if my sister had only had had access to her biological medical heritage (we are both adopted and are not biologically related to eachother) She was misunderstood, labeled “difficult” and “moody” or “lazy” by teachers. When she finally found her biological parents via an investigator, lo and behold! She found out that her mother was bi-polar. It all made sense.

Post script: I used the same investigator who also found my biological mother, who told my investigator that she wanted “nothing to do with it” (”it” being me). Of course my invesigator gave me all her information–name, address, phone #, ages and names of relatives, etc. etc. etc. but I have left well enough alone. It does hurt, however, that the only thing that I ever asked for via my investigator is my medical history–which is the one thing that I do feel entitled to. She promised and never came through. And she is an RN, too! Someone you would think would understand the importance of one’s medical heritage! I ended up getting my medical history anyway, but it has made me very aware of the need for transparency, if not for identifying information then at least for medical history information.

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