Is this true of bipolar disorder ...?!


Question: I can never make plans, especially in advance, because i dont follow through...


Answers: I can never make plans, especially in advance, because i dont follow through...

I have bipolar disorder and take a box of medications for it. What you describe is not necessarily bipolar. Bipolar is not being able to control your moods. You are up and down like a see saw. There is no rhyme or reason to what causes your mood swing. It just happens. What you describe is just plain indecision. If I were you what I would do is start a journal. Every morning look at yesterdays list of things you planned to do. List in today's date all the things you did not accomplish yesterday and the things you want to accomplish tomorrow. Tomorrow, list the things you did not do yesterday and the things you want to do today. As time goes on you will get sick and tired of seeing the same thing listed day after day and you will do it. It is not about being lazy, it is all about being indecisive. Try my idea, it worked for me and I hope it will work for you.

No, not in every case. Who told you that? You might change your mind alot because of your mood swings, but you can surely make plans.

Have you been diagnosed?Are you on meds yet? see to those things if you haven't already, & if you have, the meds may need adjusting.

Well, I get that way depending on my episodes. For example, in a manic episodes I think I can do anything and make these great plans (they never could happen really). When I'm in a deprssive episode, I think I'm totally worthless and find it hard to see "myself 10mins from now, forget 10 days from now". When I'm in a mixed episode, I can forget even trying because I'm just so confused about life.

You planned to ask this question, and followed through, didn't you? So, you CAN do it, sometimes! That's like the rest of us, to a certain extent (taking into account the uncertain nature of bipolar disorder). Sometimes you may have to delay, interrupt, and later resume your plans, and it can help to have plans B & C, for just in case. A lot depends on how effective your treatments are. Have you asked in the bipolar chatrooms/forums in section 10, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris and bipolar groups, in Myspace, Google, and Yahoo, to see what strategies others employ?

i think bipolar is an excuse to be lazy

That is absolutely untrue.

I suffer from bipolar depressive disorder and have little difficulties in planning or structuring my schedule ahead of appointments or social activities. I should add that I am more spontaneous albeit impetuous at times but not to a point where I can vehemently say is caused by my disorder.

Spontaneity is a personal preference and if you are not the sort to follow through with plans or scheduled tasks, fret not as it is common among many individuals. I myself prefer not to plan ahead most of the time unless absolutely necessary.

Bipolar disorder does not hinder your planning or strategic skills so you may want to improve yourself by disciplining your time and usage of it. It is not unhealthy nor overwhelmingly recommended to plan or not to plan as we are but flawed individuals in this seemingly perfect world.

I assume you have seeked treatment and seen a psychiatrist to effectively cope with this disorder so there should not be anything to worry about. All we need to do is believe in ourselves (MOST IMPORTANT) and of course, find strength, solidarity and unquestionable faith in your path to finally overcome any or all hindrances we may face in times to come.

I really hope it helped! =)

hi, again. bipolar is a very bad form of mental health,,i have been to a few group sessions here in the UK to help with anxiety and depression and Ive met people with bipolar disorder,suffers of bipolar live their lives on a kind of spiral having extreme highs one minuet then extreme lows at one stage in my life i thought i had bipolar but thankfully i haven't ,a sign of depression is so typical of a person wanting to do things and agreeing to do things but then feel its impossible to go through with the plans..i think depression and anxiety go hand in hand,, because of the willingness to want to do things and then get depressed because they Carnot. its a learning curve and it takes years to develop the technique to push your self. but it amazes me that the feeling you get when you've accomplished something you thought you couldn't.. doesn't spur you on to do more.

we should form a group to self help each other if we all put our coping mechanisms in we could learn so much from each other don't you think ?????.

I am the worst at making decsions about my life and when I'm up I decide on doing all these great things then when I'm down I don't think I can ever succeed. But I am sure others deal with it better than I do. I'm still learning and trying at the moment.

Bipolar or not, I too do not make any plans - they all seem to go awry. The best laid plans of ??? and men.....
But that doesn't mean I do not think out my journeys and other stuff like that. But I have learnt to keep an open mind about everything in life. No expectations, huh......
You are a child of destiny if you are tossed about too much by circumstances. But staying unpredictable and meeting life's challenges as they come by would be the best bet yet. Won't you agree?





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