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New BiPolar Diagnosis

  • 21-03-2010 7:54pm
    #1
    CrystalShip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Hello All,

    I'm newly diagnosed Bipolar, with a rapid cycle. I'm the stay at home, live my life here, if given the chance, type. I don't have an addiction nor do I take risky behaviour. I go from being really happy and engaging/proactive to sad, depressed, suicidal and hopeless feelings where I want to stay in a cocoon. Occasionally then I feel completely in control but this lasts for a very short period of time. My moods could change in a matter of hours actually-it's quite annoying. When I feel in control, I wish that I could bottle it, or pause it and constantly stay that way- alas, no.

    I'd spent years searching for a medical reason behind my poor concentration, memory issues and anxiety. I'd completely accepted my mood changes as part of my high strung/ambitious personality. But now that I've been diagnosed, it all makes complete sense.

    I've declined the offer of treatment for now as I come to terms with the diagnosis. I have a medical background so I guess I want to be informed before I start taking something that may not make me better.

    Anyway, I'd like to ask what treatments people out there have been on, what effect if any they've had and perhaps make friends who have a similar presentations of BPD.

    Thanks for reading!

    C.S.


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  • #2
    orlaghmcel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭orlaghmcel


    Hi there , iv very recently been diagnosed with bipolar type 2 with rapid cycle , i would be the same as yourself i thought for a long time i must just be a very strong erratic kind of personality , anyway i met a wonderful guy who gave me support in a way he doesn't even know , we sat and talked about how everything was so up and down in our relationship and how irrational i can be with crazy ups and downs out of the blue

    anyway this guy Lind of inspired me to look further and realise it wasn't normal what i was going through , he went with me to talk to someone and they diagnosed me as borderline personality disorder and wanted to put me on prozac , i really didn't want to accept that i needed prozac as i felt they weren't explaining anything to me moreso putting a bandaid on it in the form of the prozac

    so anyway myself and the guy broke up as a result of my impulsive behaviour and unbelievable ups and downs , i ran away moved country thinking it would help . Nothing changed if anything i actually got worse the swings were happening more and more regularly...so i went to get help again and refused to stop until i figured it out

    in on lamictal for the past few days and im not noticing anything so far but hopefully... I can honestly say that wonderful guy will never know what he did for me because he helped me see it wasnt something i had to keep going through , i could ask questions and get help


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