Search results

I'd consider it a mixed episode and rapid cycling. Not necessarily something to be anxious over, but good that you can see it happening and know it is not quite right. (Best to let the doc talk with you and help you to decide than to walk blindly for two months, you know?) Best of wishes...

Hi all! It's been a long time since I posted regularly here, but, I'm sure many of you can remember me. :) Anyway, I'm posting because I have some glimmer of hope that my doctor finally found for me, "The Miracle Drug". I have been taking Lithium since I was like 14 and that has never needed...

Hi, Sarah! I LOVE your Call Name. (ThunderStormGirl) I had to go back up top and check a few times to be sure of what I was saying. Everything I read from what you say, "feels" something like Bipolar Disorder. That said, you may be experiencing any of a number of things. It may well be...

I take Lithium and Geodon. I have muscle twitches and spasms in my face and arms and legs. I'd never really put much thought into it, but it would seem that many of the medications in our category are known in certain cases to produce these things.

I'm thankful for the gifts that I've discovered within my illness.

That is wonderful, Laridy! Your husband sounds like an amazing man and you are lucky to have one another. My dear friend, Kail is one whom I consider to be Imzadi. She's walked with me through many of my darkest hours over the past 11 years and she always has words of wisdom and kindness to...

For those of you who have known me in the 2 1/2 years that I've been coming here and for those of you who don't know me at all, Imzadi is a beautiful, made-up word from a TV show. Imzadi means, "My Beloved". I have no particular beloved, as many people might agree with regard to...

DoubtingThomas29, I cannot personally speak to you about statistics. What I can tell you is that my Father is Bipolar and others in my Nuclear and Extended Family demonstrate symptoms among cousins, Aunts, Uncles and the like. I agree with your line of thinking that when noticed, with...

A friend of mine had some patches of weeds that she wanted to be rid of and we purchased a gallon-size container of Roundup that was rather uniquely formulated to fit my friends needs. She didn't want for her blackberry bushes or her pond, downhill from the location, to be negatively impacted...

When I get to being Depressive, as I actually have been recently, I am left to feel as though GOD, is an absentee Landlord. It took me 14 years of drinking and drugging and one year, here at The CF, to see that I've not been left behind. I had to lose 40% of my Liver function, in order to...

Goldenviolet, you've got a number of things going on there and, since I find you to be so complex, I would like to make a statement on something that I share with you. That something is a matter of Obssesive Compulsive Disorder. I think, after a year of getting to know you, that what you...

Calgar, if you're not Bipolar, you have no business here, with us. I suspect that you know better and are here in search of answers? I've been here for a year and know the sting of an, "Episode". Do you? I've been Bipolar for more than half my life and know that it can be difficult...

caligar, many of us take medication. I'm no expert but, medicine is not frowned upon. It has been stated that the Rain Forests of South America may contain more species of life, that everything we have in documented history. Medicine is not something that GOD or Jesus described as being...

newguy101, My Brother's Husband, has been in China for weeks, trying to broker a deal. I honestly don't understand what takes us away from what we think to be Science and you will be cool, when you look around. I'm here for you, sir. Stephen

I understand what you are getting at there. I am very honest with people whom I consider to be dear. I don't tell everyone from the street what are my maladies.. There is really no reason to consider your position, without considering it for yourself, or for knowing the sensitivity of other's...

Berry, it is difficult to say anything for sure with respect to such a dificult question. For me, I've tussled with a dear friend of ours over such things and nearly lost that friendship. The smart answer is to be honest with a Counselor or Doctor. I say this because they cannot hurt us and we...

Hi. I am left speechless, as our friends have stated most of what we feel. I do think that it is difficult to be who, what and why we are as Bipolars. I hope that you will all forgive me, as I have been on a journey back to GOD. We are everything that GOD made. We are artists and poets and...

I have taken Lithium for 14 years now. 900 MG / Day. Other than making my childhood Acne worse, I have no negative returns. It balances me. I am taking keflex to help with the acne. It has helped. Stephen

I think I can say that everyone has missed you, Angel! You are as worthy as any of us and you should never beat yourself up. You're fantastic and I am certain that I am not the only one to have missed you. I think several of our friends will respond to this post! If we are lucky, we will...

cnlisa, I have been on Lithium Carbonate for more than a decade. For me, it smooths out the lows. As was stated, it does not make everything ok. I take Seroquel at night to help with depression and to help me sleep. Many other meds are available to help your husband find what...