I don't understand how one feels with Bipolar Disorder.?!
Question: I don't understand how one feels with Bipolar Disorder!.!?
I am neither ignorant nor trying to insult anyone!.
I am a professional in the health care field (I don't want to say what my license is because that will just throw criticism around) and have been for quite a while!. I have a cousin that is "bipolar" and is on quite a few meds for it such as tramidol and lorazepam and I just don't know how it feels!. I don't know if she is addicted to her meds because she is told that she must stay on them, or if they get her high!. She is very emotional and blames everything on her bipolar disorder!. I don't think it is fair to say that every little thing she does is because of her bipolar disorder and I just would like to here from some people who have bipolar disorder and can hopfeully answer my questions!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am a professional in the health care field (I don't want to say what my license is because that will just throw criticism around) and have been for quite a while!. I have a cousin that is "bipolar" and is on quite a few meds for it such as tramidol and lorazepam and I just don't know how it feels!. I don't know if she is addicted to her meds because she is told that she must stay on them, or if they get her high!. She is very emotional and blames everything on her bipolar disorder!. I don't think it is fair to say that every little thing she does is because of her bipolar disorder and I just would like to here from some people who have bipolar disorder and can hopfeully answer my questions!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Well, see my question if you can find it!.!.!. :(
Bipolar meds typically aren't addicting!. What can happen is that one becomes acclimated to them and they stop working, or else they stop working on their own!. Additionally, for some people (yours truly) meds just can't help all the way -- they merely alter the cycles (I've been rapid cycling since my combo was introduced, and this is the best hope)!.
But it's not fair to blame everything on my illness, just as it's not fair to blame everything on a trick knee!. Sure, I can't control myself sometimes, but I still have to clean up the mess afterwards!.
With bipolar you can feel VERY happy, SO happy that you get delusional, your judgment is severely impaired and you make very poor decisions!. However -- and few people will fess to this -- you CAN train yourself to behave better, with the help of meds and a therapist!.!.!. but sometimes neither work!.!.!. so sometimes there's no excuse!.
Depression is similarly destructive; you ruin relationships and fight off everyone who tries to save you!.
But it's not an excuse!.
Take it with a bucket of salt!. What she's offering is not really an EXCUSE, but an EXPLANATION!. This explanation may be valid, it may not be, but just view it that way!. It's as she sees the explanation, whether or not she is right!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Bipolar meds typically aren't addicting!. What can happen is that one becomes acclimated to them and they stop working, or else they stop working on their own!. Additionally, for some people (yours truly) meds just can't help all the way -- they merely alter the cycles (I've been rapid cycling since my combo was introduced, and this is the best hope)!.
But it's not fair to blame everything on my illness, just as it's not fair to blame everything on a trick knee!. Sure, I can't control myself sometimes, but I still have to clean up the mess afterwards!.
With bipolar you can feel VERY happy, SO happy that you get delusional, your judgment is severely impaired and you make very poor decisions!. However -- and few people will fess to this -- you CAN train yourself to behave better, with the help of meds and a therapist!.!.!. but sometimes neither work!.!.!. so sometimes there's no excuse!.
Depression is similarly destructive; you ruin relationships and fight off everyone who tries to save you!.
But it's not an excuse!.
Take it with a bucket of salt!. What she's offering is not really an EXCUSE, but an EXPLANATION!. This explanation may be valid, it may not be, but just view it that way!. It's as she sees the explanation, whether or not she is right!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
my mom is both bipolar and schizophenic!. i have been through it all in my life growing up!. i dont really know the names of the meds that my mom is taking but i know throughout the years, even on meds, she is very emotional!.!.!. she'll be happy one minute!.!. and the next she'll storm off saying that i hate her!.
bipolar people are a rollercoaster of emotion!. Your cousin could be blaming some behavior on the disorder, but its most likely going to be true!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
bipolar people are a rollercoaster of emotion!. Your cousin could be blaming some behavior on the disorder, but its most likely going to be true!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Bipolar is a serious condition!. I think one must understand all aspects of their life!. I have bipolar and need to have others be honest when letting me know what I am doing!. I might not realize it!. I had moments where I felt really bad and there was no real problem a lot of it was in my head!. It was very real to me!. I also have a husband that does not support me much!. He tries but i have to rely on my friends and what my Dr says!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
they feel like a victim of the medical community and a victim of the pharmacutical companies who make loads of money off making them a victim of something that oddly enough, didn't exist in our grandparents area, and lo and behold, they got along just fine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have Bi-polar disorder and I'm 47!. I've been on Lithium,Lamactil, Paxil & Depakote and now I'm on Lexapro & Depakote!. Life with BP is hit and miss, just like the meds you try to control it!. Best way for me to explain it is to use a past episode of a cycle of mine that is kinda funny; I bought a big screen TV, got it home and watched it and felt guilty for buying it, so I took it back and got the money back only to go back to the same store (Wal-Mart) but a different location and buy it again two days later!. Another way of explaining the feeling is to read the lyrics to Jimi Hendrix's song Manic Depression!.!.!.!.It's a frustrating mess!. However, some personal responsibility must be taken for what occurs in your life while suffering from BP!. Common sense usually dictates where to draw the line!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have bipolar, and im 14!.!.!.!.i'm on medication for it and it dosn't make u high!.!.!.well it might if u od, idk!.!.!.but it just makes u feel happier, like u did b 4 u started getting depression!.!.not high!. bipolar fo me is like u r happy for like 2 days and then ur just miserable and u cry all the time!.!.!.for like 2 weeks or more!. and its really hard to deal with!. she might b trying to get away with things bcuz of bipolar, but shes mostly probably telling the truth!. with me tho i don't like to blame things on my bipolar or tell ppl about it, cuz im not proud of it!. she probably said she has to stay on them cuz she does!.!.!.with me if i even forget my meds like one day!.!.!.i get really depressed!. she shouldn't blame everything she does on bipolar tho!.!.!.but don't get mad at her for it!. cuz she can't control her feelings!.!.!.!.its really hard, ur either up or down and theres nothing u can do about it!. if u have any more questions, feel free to email me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The funny thing is that even those of us with bipolar sometimes have a hard time putting how it feels into words!. I don't blame everything on my bipolar, although it explain some past actions to me when I was finally diagnosed!. Meds are different from one another in how they make you feel!.
I am on lithium and have been for about 2 years!. I find that I'm very neutral all the time!. I don't get too sad and I don't get too happy, but sometimes I feel like I'm missing something because of that!. Usually, I just remind myself what life was like BEFORE lithium and I'm content to be a little numb!.
My nephew (who is 3 years younger than me) was diagnosed over 10 years ago and still struggles to this day with his medications!. He is currently very depressed and they are trying different meds on him!.
It's a strange illness and even having it, I can't say I could explain it for every other bipolar!. Like I said, each one of us is different!.
I hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am on lithium and have been for about 2 years!. I find that I'm very neutral all the time!. I don't get too sad and I don't get too happy, but sometimes I feel like I'm missing something because of that!. Usually, I just remind myself what life was like BEFORE lithium and I'm content to be a little numb!.
My nephew (who is 3 years younger than me) was diagnosed over 10 years ago and still struggles to this day with his medications!. He is currently very depressed and they are trying different meds on him!.
It's a strange illness and even having it, I can't say I could explain it for every other bipolar!. Like I said, each one of us is different!.
I hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
How do you determine your cousin "bipolar"!? As far as I know, the medications she receives are not typical medications for the disorder!.
I'm not bipolar, but as a medical professional myself, I can add that the diagnosis of bipolar is given to persons who repeatedly have clinical depressions!. As you may know, clinical depression has provable imbalances in the brain chemistry and each successive depressive episode supercedes the previous one!. The likelyhood for these depressions to turn into a bipolar disorder, increase!.
Lorazepam is a benzodiazepines and can be highly addictive!. It is very successfully used to treat status epilecticus for instance!. Tramidol, too, has addictive potential since it's an opiod (it's "atypical" but still)!. They may be using these sedative medications to combat her 'manic' episodes (what is she getting for the depression!?)
Mental disorders are difficult to understand by lay persons!. Even the medical field still does not understand a mayority of this subject!. Mental disorders affect the brain organically, and often times change its structure!. The longer the disease, the more alterations can take place!. Medications (often times blind attempts to balance the original imbalances) have their own effects and it's all a very complex, complicated and poorly understood field!.
From my exposure to mentally ill patients, I can easily imagine that the mayority of her 'annoying' features are part of her disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm not bipolar, but as a medical professional myself, I can add that the diagnosis of bipolar is given to persons who repeatedly have clinical depressions!. As you may know, clinical depression has provable imbalances in the brain chemistry and each successive depressive episode supercedes the previous one!. The likelyhood for these depressions to turn into a bipolar disorder, increase!.
Lorazepam is a benzodiazepines and can be highly addictive!. It is very successfully used to treat status epilecticus for instance!. Tramidol, too, has addictive potential since it's an opiod (it's "atypical" but still)!. They may be using these sedative medications to combat her 'manic' episodes (what is she getting for the depression!?)
Mental disorders are difficult to understand by lay persons!. Even the medical field still does not understand a mayority of this subject!. Mental disorders affect the brain organically, and often times change its structure!. The longer the disease, the more alterations can take place!. Medications (often times blind attempts to balance the original imbalances) have their own effects and it's all a very complex, complicated and poorly understood field!.
From my exposure to mentally ill patients, I can easily imagine that the mayority of her 'annoying' features are part of her disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have bipolar disorder, ADHD and an anxiety disorder!. I feel as if the world has turnt its back on me!. Sometimes I just want to disappear!. I feel dull at times and its so hard for me to get out what I'm feeling!. No one can really understand what I'm saying!. I don't know your cousin, but I know how I feel!.
I stopped taking my meds because I hated how empty they made me feel, but for weeks I cried myself to sleep until I decided being empty is better than being depressed!. I just know living with bipolar disorder has to be one of the most terrible feelings in the world!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I stopped taking my meds because I hated how empty they made me feel, but for weeks I cried myself to sleep until I decided being empty is better than being depressed!. I just know living with bipolar disorder has to be one of the most terrible feelings in the world!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i thought if you were bi-polar you just had crazy mood swings like one minute you will be joking and then next second pissed at the world for no reason i agree with you i don't think that everything is because she is bp maybe she is using that as an excuse to get away with things and everyone feels sorry for her and lets her get away with itWww@Answer-Health@Com