Posted by Toph on November 5, 2004, at 10:27:21
In reply to Psycho-Babble Anonymous, posted by Toph on November 3, 2004, at 12:59:22
Thank you for your comments Dinah and Larry (whomever you really are). To be honest I BabbleMailed them when no one else responded. Confidentially is important to me because I am not an "out of the closet" bipolar. No one at work knows of my illness and I think that is best for me. I tend to be an emotional person by personality, and I'd hate to think that if I were sad or agitated that others would dismiss these moods as "that bipolar guy."
This place is different, I can speak about personal things and, for whatever reason, I don't care if someone thinks, "there goes that bipolar guy again." But lithium gives me diarrhea and other side effects that I should be able to discuss here. I don't for fear that I will be remembered as "Toph that diarrhea guy." I maintain that there are many people here (the poor response to this post notwithstanding) with embarassing symptoms of their disorder, dual diagnoses and disconcerting medication side effects that despite annonimity do not seek support here who might otherwise if they had another level of anonymity.
But if nothing changes there's always, "I know this guy who takes lithium and gets diarrhea..."
-Toph
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