Love to Hate: Staying Focused

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Voices from the Past

HI

Been a while. I was just fooling around on the computer and ran across an old site which has closed sadly it was interesting but anyway I found an article o  Bipolar Disorder a question Here it is, it has a comment that is in reference to these blogs which is why I am writing this now and a very big complement

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I Have Bipolar Disorder But Still Live Life

☺really ?? How Does Bipolar Disorder Stop You From Living ? 

please Id love any comments or messages talking about how bipolar disorder changed your life and what you noticed was different thank you for any comments

PRETTYGIRLHATESTHEWORLD 18-21, F3 Responses Dec 5, 2010

so much of my life to change. It caused ME to change. I miss being able to just be myself and not have to worry about triggers or medications, etc. I miss who I was before this happened, when I developed the anxiety and had to be a slave to medications that have horrible side effects. I miss being able to be social without having panic attacks all the time. I miss being upbeat and optimistic about life and not having to deal with some ****** disease. That's just me, but I also sound like I might be in a depressive phase. Thank you for this post it is a good point to ask how this might change your life, when it really shouldn't change you. We're still people and we are just as capable as everyone else - I strongly believe that. I also believe we were just given an extra challenge that "god/source/etc" thinks we can get through. Life isn't all that bad. We just have to work on ourselves and stay positive. :)

moleculeus22-25, FDec 19, 2013

How do you know you have it good question? I have always had it but was treated for clinical depression for many years. I'm 58, I was diagnosed with bi-polar when I was 40. I've struggled all my life. The last couple of years I have been in a counselling program that treated my borderline personality disorder it also helped with my bi-polar disorder. I only went to the doctor when I was depressed. The anti-depressants I was given probably contributed the high mania episodes. I have bi-polar one the worst form of bi-polar. Would you believe you probably won't know when the bi-polar is speaking and not you. The symptoms are definitely not condusive to self awareness. Then with most of us there is some form of denial. Up until recently I just cycled and cycled and wasn't able to function effectively at all. It would take a book to tell you about bi-polar but there is a lady who blogs about it and is very informative. Her blog address is (lovetohatebywena.blogspot.com.) I just read 7 of her entries and she is right on with her information you'll love her.

rubyetuesday61-65, FJan 30, 20121 

Thankyou:]

PRETTYGIRLHATESTHEWORLD18-21, FJan 30, 20121 

Hi, I'll bet your world is turned upside down right now. But it may be a relief to find out why you have the mood swings you have. Dealing with bi-polar is an attitude. The most difficult task is to trust the people who support you, doctors, counsellors and yourself. You are doing a great job of starting out by asking questions. If there is anything I can do please let me know. I have lived with bi-polar my whole life.

rubyetuesday61-65, FJan 27, 20121 

Really how do you know you have it??when is it the bipolar speaking and not you?? lol and how old are you now how it changed the way you are now lol please get back to me messege me or reply back here thankyou:]

PRETTYGIRLHATESTHEWORLD18-21, FJan 28, 2012

Current Life Event

Wow It has been a while
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I am overwhelmed by all the things that have happened since I last posted.  For one I moved Finally I am out of supported housing but am sill in subsidized but have  my own apartment and am living independently fully again.

I am in my old town not the village itself but close enough to walk to.  Everything I need is close except for the doctor but cannot have everything it is close enough

I am on my own living life the way I wanted and needed No more housemates casemanagers or  organizations to answer to

I do what when if I want to and am  getting back to being my old self Life is good BUT the stress of the move was great and I had a hard time for a few weeks suffered from depression and a bad manic episode but it is evening out more rapid than usual every could of days but  more manageable lately

I am having issues with keeping my doctor appts I do not I have not been since Feb and need meds I keep having flareups with the psoriasis when I have an appt very very bad The last time my skin felt like plastic and was blistered I thought it was a side effect of the Lamictal and was ready to go to the Hospital but waited and when I canceled my appt for the next day it subsided

It is improved but still is bothering me I dislike my new doctor and do not feel that he has any interest in me or my care at all This is a  problem since my money SS comes with the condition that I see a doctor and take meds

I have to come to grips with this and keep my next appt in May I do not know how but it is what I have to do now

Many people have this problem and there is no simple answer I guess These are things that should be addressed in therapy but since I do not do therapy I have to deal with it myself And I will the way I do everything else   Try and overcome

News for everyone who has suffered from depression

Ran across this on facebook trending trending topics It is a way for all o join in the fight for suicide for those who have experienced depression. It is\prevalent in all walks of life for a number or reasons and is difficult to predict. The understanding of this experience is being studied but at this time there are no easy answers.

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From the Dark Side of Pluto bywena: Manic and Depressive Episodes in Bipolar Disorder

From the Dark Side of Pluto bywena: Manic and Depressive Episodes in Bipolar Disorder: There are different types of episodes that most people with bipolar disorder can experience from one pole to another. The most common ...

A True Mind Lost

John Nash: Subject of 'A Beautiful Mind' and His Wife Killed in New Jersey Crash, Police Say

The 86-year-old mathematician and his wife, 82-year-old Alicia Nash, died in a taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday

This gifted man fought the battle with a major mental disorder schizophrenia but continued to live a fulfilling life. He was an inspiration to all and will be remembered for all the mentally ill community for the truly beautiful mind.

Understanding Different Mental Disorders

I have to confess that although I am bipolar with my own mental disorder I am lost when it comes to understanding other people with a different disorder.

 Today we had a flood in the basement and it was found by a person with panic disorder. The panic episode became overwhelming to both of us. I did not understand why the screaming and hysterical behavior was part of her disorder. As I was trying to get emergency help the screaming became directed at me and I was totally lost for an understanding of what she was going through.

I have to say I do not understand much even though I writing about different disorders. This has shown  me that I can not make people understand what I experience with my mood swings.

And so I have made a new resolution to not to not explain to others what I actually go through and trying to make them understand or for any empathy as to what I am going through during my episodes

I can not ask for help from others and have to control my symptoms the only thing that I can do. I can not control the disorder and so have to deal with the symptoms the best that I can.

Understanding mental disorders are difficult for me as it is for someone who does not have one.
And that is true of most people that is the differences in mental disorders.

You are never too old to learn the different mental disorders and today made me realize that I can not.

Sharing Your Diagnoisis

I had decided to share my bipolar disorder to my close family members and organization that houses me and now I find that it was a mistake. Sharing information is only frustrating "normal" people are just unable to understand the complexities of bipolar disorder. Too often I hear " a lot of people have insomnia" or " your do not need as much sleep as you get older" or  " everyone feels depressed sometimes" These comments are beginning to effect my moodswings even more making life more difficult than it should be.

Some people are just uncomfortable with the idea of having a mental disorder and I do not feel the need to tell all of my diagnosis ie. psychosis, suicidal thoughts and attempts etc. For me this sharing of information has not proven to help me at all. Some bipolars fell that they may need the support of their family or close friends but think before you do. Is this beneficial or will this cause more stress on you trying to explain your symptoms and how you feel to someone who really has no idea of how you feel or what your symptoms mean.

Times when I need comforting or for someone to step in when my financial affairs are a disaster are not received with the help that I need and having someone to talk to just creates more intense moodswings. Moodswings sometimes seem so normal that people often blow them off as normal feels especially hypomania and mild depression but we know how they can become worse without medical intervention. Sometimes we a placed in hospitals only because our changes in mood frightens and are misunderstood or we are judged by past episodes.

I have been told I think you just do not need more sleep because you age getting older or you knew that it was coming just go with the flow. These comments and/or advice do not help me in any way.

So now I watch what I say when I say it. But my family did help me in one when and I am grateful my brother kept track of my emails and saw the pattern that my moodswings have taken so I know what and when to expect the depression and mania so that is a plus. But to share how and why I go through changes in my mood no I will not share again.

Just Plain Abuse and Dangerous Treatment

Received this email and it is a dreadful truth I am hearing more and more people who are being treated for various problems not associated with psychotic symptoms using these drugs. Seroquel is the most common prescribed for simple insomnia and it is a terrible thing due to the side effects which includes diabetes. People really need to do their research before accepting this treatment. It is like substance abuse and the unaware patient is at risk Hate to see this sort of thing but at least it is being addressed by some.

Anti-psychotic drugs given for wrong illnesses: Half of prescriptions are for conditions that are not mental illnesses 

• Elderly are twice as likely to be given the drugs, despite risk of death
• They may be used to control agitation to make life easier for care workers 
• In 2004 doctors were told not to use anti-psychotics except as a last resort

By JENNY HOPE, MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 18:33 EST, 18 December 2014 | UPDATED: 03:18 EST, 19 December 2014

 
 
 
 
 

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More than half of prescriptions for anti-psychotic drugs in Britain are for conditions other than serious mental illnesses, say researchers.

And the elderly are twice as likely to be prescribed the drugs as people in their 40s, even though they are linked to a higher risk of premature death in older people.

The drugs, often dubbed the ‘chemical cosh’ because they are wrongly used to sedate dementia patients, are licensed for serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Dignity for the elderly: The elderly are twice as likely to be prescribed anti-psychotic drugs as people in their 40s, even though they are linked to a higher risk of premature death in older people. File picture

But a study of GPs’ prescriptions between 2007 and 2011, using an electronic database of anonymous patient records, found that less than half were prescribed the drugs for these conditions.

Often they were handed out for anxiety, sleep problems and personality disorders, as well as dementia, even though doctors have been told to prescribe them only as a last resort. 

This ‘off label’ or unlicensed prescribing resulted in older people with conditions such as dementia and anxiety getting them, says the study published online by the journal BMJ Open.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2879902/Anti-psychotic-drugs-given-wrong-illnesses-Half-prescriptions-conditions-not-mental-illnesses.html#ixzz3MXlBx1EM
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My Life; a Moment In Time

Life is strange I seem to have passed this way before, not that I regret it but often wonder why all the cycles that surround me. Lately I have been doing needlepoint. This needlepoint visited me in the past and for some reason I let it go. But in the past year I have been doing it again sometimes with my mania overdoing it. Now I am doing counted needlepoint and find that I am better than I was which I think is a sign of growth. Where will my moment in life take me next? I am sure it will be something in the past only better. Here is a small sample of my work not the best not the worst. There is always room for improvement.These were done on blank canvas with out a pattern which I find to be not bad at all.  Judge for yourself.