Posted by holymama on June 2, 2005, at 22:28:52
In reply to Sigh. I guess I am BP2 afterall, posted by Maxime on June 2, 2005, at 21:47:31
Oh GOd, that's too funny. I was just thinking of starting a post that would read something like yours did. I too had a strong 'bipolar' experience this weekend that has humbled me yet again and is making rethink this 'illness'. Why do we have such a hard time believing it??? I've read that many bipolars have a hard time accepting that they are bipolar. I know that I certainly do. I'm constantly questioning it, but I think that when I get sick (I don't know what that means...a severe mood shift???) I start seeing it is true. I had one of those severe mood shifts this weekend, from 'suicide watch' on Thursday to up all night, organizing my house' by Sunday. It was because of a medicine change. I had a conversation this weekend with my husband and ended it by saying "If anyone is 'bipolar', then I am, and if that means it's just a part of my personality that's gone wrong, it still means that I am bipolar'. I can see it clearly for the moment.
I still do wonder though, if the medicine f*cks us up even more. I wonder if antidepressants should be used SPARINGLY, because too many people go nuts when they get on them. I'm not just talking no meds, I'm saying maybe mood stabilizers would be safer to try on people suffering from what may be 'just' depression.
Off track. SOrry.
~~Autumn~~
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