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dana31
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Bipolar advice treatments
Posted: 02-12-08 15:21pm
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Hi i need help and advice.
I really think i am suffering from
bipolar.I am 31 and have had some major
things happen in my life these things that
have happened i dont think i got enough
help for and made me worse. I cam be so
happy one minute and down the next,i sleep
all the time,have thoughts of death
although i dont want to harm myself i have
constant thoughts of things happening to
me or my children.I do things erraticly i
ended my relationship of nine years as one
minute i loved him so much the next i
couldnt stand him near me i went off sex
all together and i could have cryed if he
touched me.
The list goes on and on can anyone help me
as to what i should do
Thank you
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CarolDiane
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dana31
Posted: 02-12-08 15:50pm
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If I were you, I would seek someone who
could help you get to the bottom of your
problems. Maybe, just depression but you
symtoms due mimic Bipolar Disorder. Only a
doctor can diagnose that. At least get
some help.
I personally had three marriages and the
last one I knew hime for 12 years before
we got married. I left him at least 5
times on a whim before we devorced. I just
up and got in my car and left.
Relationships are hard for us with BPD.
Carrie
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dana31
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Thank you
Posted: 02-12-08 16:01pm
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Thank you for your advice,i also have a
lot of the other symptons i have racing
thoughts sometimes i think i am losing my
mind when i cant get to sleep because i am
just thinking all the time.I dont kno if
ocd is related to bipolar but i have an
obsession with hoovering and things being
straight it drives me mad but if theres
one bit of fluff or anything on the carpet
i have to hoover the full room.
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 02-12-08 16:16pm
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That is one other major symptom of any
depression much less BPD. You may just
need a medicataion to help you out as most
of us do. When the right med is found for
you it will help those hills and vallies
and your impulsiveness. As far as you sex
drive and being touched. I hated it when I
was touch. I just wanted to be left alone.
My last husband was the lovey touchy type.
And I would also put him in the catagorie
of a nimpho. But, believe it or not, after
all is said and done, I really do still
love him very much and probably would try
and work things out if he were not so far
away.
Carrie
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dana31
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Posted: 02-12-08 16:24pm
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I am definatley going to make an
appointment to see my doctor i have been
keeping this to myself for so long i just
cant hide it no more.I loved my last
partner so much and i just ended it he
thought there was somethng wrong with me
and i just ignored it.He was totally
devasted and it as like i didnt really
care what he thought,althought the week
before he as my whole world.ARRRGGGG feel
like i am going mad xx
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Posted: 02-12-08 23:59pm
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Sit back and take a deep breath. Unlike
other mental disorders, BPD is actually a
blood disorder. See, you body is natualy
supposed to produce Lithium crystals.
When is is lacking that in your systom and
not producing it, that is what cause BPD.
I is a blood disorder and not a mental
disorder dana. It can be treated. It won't
make things perfect but it should make you
feel alot better.
Carrie
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dana31
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Posted: 02-13-08 04:37am
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So can biploar be detected through a blood
test?
Dana
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Posted: 02-13-08 06:15am
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Yes it sure can Dana. Doctors are smarter
now days and pick up on the patterns you
have. But in my day (when I was in my
early 20s) it was not that easy. Here is
how it is done.
Your body is supposed to naturally put out
a certain amount of Lithium. Bad part is
it does not show up on a blood test. So,
if it is thought you may be BP the doctor
then draws a random base line to see if
any shows up. If it does not, he the gives
you a 100mg does. You then wait a week and
go back and have another blood draw. The
Lithium then should show up meaning you
had no Lithium output at all in your body.
From there he will gradually up you at
100mg does with another blood draw each
week untill you feel better and are at a
stable and effective yet a non overdosing
dose of what ever med he chooses to start
you off on. You have to follow up with the
blood level before you can maintain a
level of improvement.
Hope that was not to comfusing Dana. So
see, that is why BPD is not a "mental"
disorder. I is the lack of Lithium in your
blood.
I don't even know if they do that anymore
and just go by your symtoms. See, I
finally came out of the closet this last
week and my doctor asked if I was ever
diagnosed BP. UGH! I could not lie. I said
yes, through blood work back in the mid
80s. She knows me sooooo wel. Love her to
death. Can put anything by this doctor.
Carrie
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Dana
Posted: 02-13-08 11:17am
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I differ with Carrie in her statement that
BPD is not listed as a mental disease.
I'd like you to go to the Mayoclinicdotcom
and read everything they have regarding
this condition. You'll be much better
informed as to how and why you should seek
treatment if you truly are Bipolar.
Wishing you the best.
Annie
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Dana
Posted: 02-13-08 11:38am
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Sorry, I meant to say Mental Disorder. I
really don't know which is correct but I
feel sure that it's not just a lack of
Lithium crystals in the blood. I see now
that Georgia has a "sticky" showing
another great web-site, Nat'l Health
board, I believe. Take care.
Annie
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Posted: 02-13-08 11:38am
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I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so bad.
The constant dread that something is going
to happen to your children or you sounds
like anxiety. The racing thoughts and OCD
behavior can be attributed to many
conditions along with BP.
You should see a psychiatrist soon. If
you can't, let your family doctor know you
need to be seen right away. You deserve
relief from these troubling symptoms.
Once you start a treatment plan you'll
feel better soon.
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dana31
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Thank you
Posted: 02-13-08 14:02pm
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thank you for your advice.I made an
appointment today but i cant get seen
until next thursday.
I also feel like my body is slowng down
cant seem to concentrate when i am reading
it takes me a while and i keep forgetting
things can this be related to bipolar?
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Posted: 02-13-08 14:10pm
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Perhaps you're entering a depressive
stage. 
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dana31
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Posted: 02-13-08 14:15pm
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I also sleep ALOT i could sleep all day
and still sleep all night then feel tired
the next day..
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Posted: 02-13-08 14:46pm
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This is absolutely the first sign I get
when I'm becoming depressed. I drop off
fast at night then usually wake up off and
on during the night. Then it's drag
myself out of bed and try to make it
through the day. But I'd always end up
sleeping whenever I could during the day.
Please take care of yourself! Do you have
support to help with the family?
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Posted: 02-13-08 15:12pm
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| bakin_april
wrote: | This is absolutely the first
sign I get when I'm becoming depressed. I
drop off fast at night then usually wake
up off and on during the night. Then it's
drag myself out of bed and try to make it
through the day. But I'd always end up
sleeping whenever I could during the day.
Please take care of yourself! Do you have
support to help with the
family? |
I can definably relate. I take Xanax for
anxiety and to help me sleep and stay
asleep. It has really made a difference.
Take bakin_aprils advise, she seems to
know first hand and she makes a lot of
since. I also take deep breaths and walk a
lot, it helps to get me out of my head and
when I do my deep breathing I say "calm
blue ocean" over and over again to myself.
I know it sounds silly but it seems to
work for me. Good Luck 2 U.
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dana31
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Posted: 02-13-08 15:13pm
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I do have a partner who supports me a
lot,i have only been with him a year and
at first couldnt understand hy i slept
alot and neither did i.I have suffered
with depression in the past my mother died
hen i was 12 and things were pretty rocky
after then.
I have also got a daughter who has septo
optic dysplasia and epilepsy so that can
be very stressfull.
I hate it when i am down and i shout at
everyone for no reason i just cant take
the thoughts of death no more and i no
that something has to be done about it.
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Posted: 02-13-08 15:22pm
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It sounds too easy to be true, but try to
distract yourself with something else:
music, a task. I've been able to say to
myself: "Stop! You don't have the energy
for this kind of thinking. Let's go do .
. . " This makes me aware of the thoughts
and I feel like I'm more in control. This
sometimes help switch the bad thinking to
another channel. If this doesn't work,
talking to someone who understands, which
it sounds like you have, is a great help.
Something I've done a lot when I've been
stressed it to take a tennis raquet or my
walking stick and whomp the mattress with
it a few times. Very therapeutic.
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dana31
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Posted: 02-13-08 15:29pm
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There has been many times when i have
thought i was just going to die and have
jumped up and made a cup of tea or started
doing housework anything to stop me having
a panic attack.
Any advice on how to stop the racing
thoughts especially on a night when i try
to sleep the thoughts go round and round
so fast my head hurts.
I go through phases of going straight to
sleep on a night then never been able to
sleep because of the thoughts.
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Posted: 02-13-08 16:09pm
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The thoughts are hell. It's been a while,
but I clearly remember. Do whatever
(healthy thing) it takes to bump your
brain off them. Sometimes I literally
focus on the here and now: You're walking
down the hall, when you get to the end of
the hall you'll go into the room, when
you're in the room ... it seems to occupy
the brain enough to silence the thoughts,
maybe because when you're using your brain
this way it's busy thinking of the next
step you need to take.
In bed I play a sound machine and run a
fan. To occupy my brain I plan an event.
I've planned elaborate tea parties,
birthday parties, dinner parties,
Christmases, etc. I've imagined what I'd
buy if I had endless money. Something
neutral and pleasant. If you become aware
of the racing thoughts returning, gently
guide yourself back. Sometimes I go to
sleep in the middle of it, so I guess it
works.
There are books, workbooks and cd's with
better techniques at libraries, bookstores
and probably online.
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