About Bi polar

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It seems that a topic has been introduced here and I am glad that it is up for

sharing-- I too have bi polar and was diagnosed about 20 years ago and have

learned to manage it very well BUT only after 17 years of hard cerebral therapy

work and always taking my medication.

I subscribe to a healthy eating plan, exercise, volunteering and attitude and

my mania which can last from one day to two months brings on the extremely

artistic part of me--- my writing, my teaching writing and my music. Mania can

be small (hypo-mania or Hyper-mania-- full blown.) I have never gotten in

trouble with mania like some of my colleges at the artistic colony I lived in

where a lot of us were " mentally ill. " Like the famous writing school Yaddo

where many of the country's most revered writers used to congregate--- funny how

mental illness can make one artistic/musical.It can also denote a higher IQ.

When I am depressed and it tends to be the winter months when the light is

less and I feel sad, my energy is sapped and I feel sluggish. But therapy is the

best and long tern depending on how much of a commitment one is willing to make.

It has truly worked and I am more conscious of how my illness affects me and

others. There is a stigma about it-- try going to

the ER for a physical problem and they see that you are Bi Polar and send your

home with more psychiatric medication and not treat your physical problem. It is

absurd.

Abbott <jeannieboo1@...> wrote:

Hi all,

My husband is also bipolar, but there are 4 different categories, ranging from

low to high, and kind of based on frequency of episodes of depression. It used

to be called manic depression. My husbands' extreme form of the mania (my

wording) is shopping. It can also include the SAD problem and hoarding. Many

artistic people tend to be bipolar. My husband is doing well on medication, but

has also had therapy. Fortunately, his is not severe. We also have to deal with,

in addition to mine, severe pain. He's been given a 70% disabilty through the

VA, but still has to work. He has a lot of medications to take like the rest of

us, including neurontin and an opiate, and has trouble sleeping at nite. It's

hard to get him to take it easy, as he tries to take care of me also. After a

lot of work, and seeing how him just wanting me to lie around watching tv and

eating bon bons, which is not me, we agreed he could take over some of the

housework if I was having a bad

day, otherwise I could have my pride back and do what bit of the housework I

could. I've been through the shock and depression of being in the work force

many years, the suddenly having to depend on SSDI for income, and having to plan

my days on my pain scale. I'm lucky to have my husband, bipolar and all.

Jeannie

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[Guest guest]

It seems that a topic has been introduced here and I am glad that it is up for

sharing-- I too have bi polar and was diagnosed about 20 years ago and have

learned to manage it very well BUT only after 17 years of hard cerebral therapy

work and always taking my medication.

I subscribe to a healthy eating plan, exercise, volunteering and attitude and

my mania which can last from one day to two months brings on the extremely

artistic part of me--- my writing, my teaching writing and my music. Mania can

be small (hypo-mania or Hyper-mania-- full blown.) I have never gotten in

trouble with mania like some of my colleges at the artistic colony I lived in

where a lot of us were " mentally ill. " Like the famous writing school Yaddo

where many of the country's most revered writers used to congregate--- funny how

mental illness can make one artistic/musical.It can also denote a higher IQ.

When I am depressed and it tends to be the winter months when the light is

less and I feel sad, my energy is sapped and I feel sluggish. But therapy is the

best and long tern depending on how much of a commitment one is willing to make.

It has truly worked and I am more conscious of how my illness affects me and

others. There is a stigma about it-- try going to

the ER for a physical problem and they see that you are Bi Polar and send your

home with more psychiatric medication and not treat your physical problem. It is

absurd.

Abbott <jeannieboo1@...> wrote:

Hi all,

My husband is also bipolar, but there are 4 different categories, ranging from

low to high, and kind of based on frequency of episodes of depression. It used

to be called manic depression. My husbands' extreme form of the mania (my

wording) is shopping. It can also include the SAD problem and hoarding. Many

artistic people tend to be bipolar. My husband is doing well on medication, but

has also had therapy. Fortunately, his is not severe. We also have to deal with,

in addition to mine, severe pain. He's been given a 70% disabilty through the

VA, but still has to work. He has a lot of medications to take like the rest of

us, including neurontin and an opiate, and has trouble sleeping at nite. It's

hard to get him to take it easy, as he tries to take care of me also. After a

lot of work, and seeing how him just wanting me to lie around watching tv and

eating bon bons, which is not me, we agreed he could take over some of the

housework if I was having a bad

day, otherwise I could have my pride back and do what bit of the housework I

could. I've been through the shock and depression of being in the work force

many years, the suddenly having to depend on SSDI for income, and having to plan

my days on my pain scale. I'm lucky to have my husband, bipolar and all.

Jeannie

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