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re: Tell me about your experiences with Bipolar disorder.
Posted on 3/19/14 at 7:54 am to dkreller
Posted on 3/19/14 at 7:54 am to dkreller
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This is a trick question right? I think every female is a psych visit away from being diagnosed.
My experience is that most people that make jokes like this have never seen mental illness, and they don't realize that bipolar is very different than being very happy and very sad.
I've seen people in manic states that didn't sleep for several days on end. Lots of them go out and gamble pretty frequently. They kind of lose track of caring about things they were supposed to do, but they're so focused on these other things that they "have" to do that it doesn't really matter to them. Usually they get the police called on them who bring them to the ER which ships them off to a psych unit. They'll hang out in a psych hospital until they come down, get back on their meds, and go about their way. They can be pretty normal people when they take their meds on a regular basis. But when they don't, it can be a pretty crazy ride. Mania is no joke.
ETA: I've come across a few that are more aggressive in their manic states than anything else. They just seem like real assholes and like to argue with everyone about everything.
This post was edited on 3/19/14 at 7:56 am
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Posted on 3/19/14 at 7:57 am to Hopeful Doc
I ended up in the hospital for a mixed episode
I don't think there's any worse feeling on earth
I don't think there's any worse feeling on earth
Posted on 3/19/14 at 8:04 am to Hopeful Doc
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I've seen people in manic states that didn't sleep for several days on end. Lots of them go out and gamble pretty frequently. They kind of lose track of caring about things they were supposed to do, but they're so focused on these other things that they "have" to do that it doesn't really matter to them. Usually they get the police called on them who bring them to the ER which ships them off to a psych unit. They'll hang out in a psych hospital until they come down, get back on their meds, and go about their way. They can be pretty normal people when they take their meds on a regular basis. But when they don't, it can be a pretty crazy ride. Mania is no joke.
ETA: I've come across a few that are more aggressive in their manic states than anything else. They just seem like real assholes and like to argue with everyone about everything.
A lot of people say he or she is BiPolar cause they have mood swings. That's mostly bullshite. Just cause someone is moody and difficult doesn't make them BiPolar.
What you're describing is real BiPolar. A person can be severely depressed, or manic. That's why it used to be called manic depressive. And worse there are two manic states. Euphoric and dysphoric. In both it's often so bad they lose touch with reality.
In a euphoric manic state everything is great fun, wild spending sprees, happy go lucky, little to no sleep for days on end, risky sex. Speech is very pressured, like the person is on cocaine.
But in a dysphoric state the person is mean hateful and vengeful-- Can be a real monster, especially to friends and family they are closest to. Both are bad but dealing with someone in a dysphoric state can be hell on earth.
This post was edited on 3/19/14 at 8:05 am
Posted on 3/19/14 at 8:04 am to Hopeful Doc
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I've come across a few that are more aggressive in their manic states than anything else. They just seem like real assholes and like to argue with everyone about everything.
I think that's why some people thought my ex was bipolar, but to my untrained self he just didn't seem to have the extremes that I have heard people describe. I think he was just an a-hole, but maybe he is one of the people you are talking about here.
Posted on 3/19/14 at 8:43 am to Hopeful Doc
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My experience is that most people that make jokes like this have never seen mental illness, and they don't realize that bipolar is very different than being very happy and very sad.
I've seen people in manic states that didn't sleep for several days on end. Lots of them go out and gamble pretty frequently. They kind of lose track of caring about things they were supposed to do, but they're so focused on these other things that they "have" to do that it doesn't really matter to them. Usually they get the police called on them who bring them to the ER which ships them off to a psych unit. They'll hang out in a psych hospital until they come down, get back on their meds, and go about their way. They can be pretty normal people when they take their meds on a regular basis. But when they don't, it can be a pretty crazy ride. Mania is no joke.
ETA: I've come across a few that are more aggressive in their manic states than anything else. They just seem like real assholes and like to argue with everyone about everything.
This is my sister in a nut shell. She has mania bad and will just hop on a plane. Ends up in a psych unit and is extremely paranoid. At one point she thought she was carrying JC's child, I asked if she meant Jesus the gardener? She said no JC, JC. It's a bitch and you never know what will happen with someone on bipolar. Latuda is a hell of a drug though
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