Comments on: Bipolar

By: Nickoal

Nickoal — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:46:57 +0000

hi, I found your blog through sarcasticmom.com and I am hooked. I am also bipolar among many other issues I am going through right now - but I wanted to say thank you very much for this post. I really think your writing has helped me a lot so far, thank you again.

By: Cherrye

Cherrye — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:26:37 +0000

I’ve read this before, but didn’t comment. I have a close family relative who is bipolar and we often see things she doesn’t. She doesn’t get as delusional as some of the major cases I’ve heard about, but the highs are worse for her, and in effect her family. She goes through times when she convinces herself she isn’t bipolar, and stops all medications. Did that ever happen to you?

We realize she is sick, but when she doesn’t think she is, and refuses to listen to people who have seen her go down “that” path before, what can you do?

I think you are very lucky and strong to have accomplished so much. She’s smart, but school and university were tough, due the cycles.

By: rosie

rosie — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:24:21 +0000

I am so pleased to have found your blog. I have been a self medicating bipolar all my life, but only relatively recently have I been diagnosed. It explained a lot of the excesses of my youth. My mother also suffered from it. I adore my minor manic episodes which never reach delusional proportions (as far as I know!) but have more trouble with depression. I reacted very badly to Effexor with side effects and chucked it down the toilet, and then reacted badly to no Effexor! I resolved to try and cope without from then on and have yet to find sympathetic professional help. In France the tendency is to throw drugs at even the common cold and I would rather try and adjust my internal landscape myself by meditation than allow the bulldozers in again. I realise that this may not always be possible and a time may come when I need more substantial chemical help…

By: Restless Housewife

Restless Housewife — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:25 +0000

Where I wouldn’t be without psychotropics - I don’t even want to know…

Great blog.

Take care.

By: thordora

thordora — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:48:15 +0000

Thanks Jenny-I’ve done a lot of reading, and it freaks me out a bit.

COurse, nothing could be worse than the time I went off Wellbutrin cold turkey, throwing myself into full mania and mixed states and eventually needing to be hospitalized….good times.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:43:40 +0000

Oh … just wanted to add, it’s not just me with the withdrawals, it is well known to be a very difficult drug to come off.

Take it down in small doses … better to take a while than do what I did after misunderstanding my shrink … come off cold turkey …

I’m lucky to still be here typing this, if you get my meaning.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:42:32 +0000

thordora,

I had a great deal of trouble coming off Effexor, you MUST do it in minute doses otherwise you will experience terrible withdrawal symptoms.

I hope you see this!
Good luck to your husband, it will be hard.

By: thordora

thordora — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:52:07 +0000

My husband is on Effexor-any problems with withdrawl? Assuming you’re off…

By: CCK

CCK — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:36:16 +0000

Excellent. Thank you.
I’m glad I found your writing -

By: mike golch

mike golch — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:39:41 +0000

I was told I was bipolar when I was serving in the good old USAF by one of their schrinks,and you know what that bastard did he put in my medical records that it was from before my time in the service.He really screwed me with that one.I’m still fighting the V.A. for benifits,they really suck,they are even doing the same this to the Iraq war vets as they did to the vets that served during the Viet-Nam era.
Well if there is such a thing as karma I hope all the kind considert people get the same thing done to them.