Posted by Maxime on June 27, 2004, at 19:30:13
In reply to My story-need help, anyone please respond! thanks!, posted by Mike634 on June 27, 2004, at 17:44:24
No, you are not alone. I know it feels that way. Some of the things you may want to try are:
- getting a second opinion from another psychiatrist for med options
- making sure you are seeing a therapist.
- Buy a cognitive therapy workbook on bipolar disease and TRY and do some of the exercises. The author's last name is COLEMAN and she has written 2 for Bipolar disease
- If you can (and maybe you can't right now) volunteer somewhere. When I was at my worst I volunteered at mental health care agency and it was useful before there were resources there that i could use.
- Exercise. Anything, even if it's just a walk around the block
- Get a pet, they are very therapeutic and will force you to get up etc. My dog helped me during my worst times.
Take care and know that you are not alone.
Maxime
> OK, things have been so difficult lately, that I am wondering if anybody else has had this much trouble. I have bipolar depression and it has gradually been ruining my life for the past 6 1/2 years. It started my senior year of college -I had to leave school, and then finish my degree the next year. I had a year and half of good health, then 16 months of living at home with my mother in a horrible, horrible depression, then a good year with a great vacation, and now I have spent the last two years in another bipolar depression. It has gotten so bad that I dont even work, I am just supported by my dad, which I cant stand. I worked very hard in college, and have a great degree, but this illness has just turned my life upside down. I havent had any real love life or steady job since it began in 1998. I have no real life right now, I just turned 28, and I am scared to death that I wont even get the chance to turn things around. I have great doctor, who is very confident that we will find the solution, I just want my life back. Am I the only one out there struggling this much????!!!
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