Being bipolar sucks

[~Jennifer~]

I was diagnosed as bipolar II the first of the year and I am experincing my first depressive episode my mind is racing with thoughts that I thought I would never think of again.

I'll be calling my doc in the morning I'm she will be increasing the dosage of my Lamitcal.

Thanks for listening and God Bless.

 

[helpneedednow]

hang in there, you will make it through this. i have made it and i have been the biggest dramaqueen you have ever seen,lol. but really, it is tough to fight this illness sometimes. you have racing thoughts, you think your worthless, you just want to crawl in a hole and shut yourself in from the world. but this is the worst thing you can do, be possitive. tell yourself that you are going to lick this and you are going to do whatever it takes to get this done. life is like a box of choclates,lol, you dont ever know what your going to get until you try one. and every path is different, but the one thing you can always count on is god being there with you. i have turned my life over to the lord and he has guided me through the tough times in my life. i am working now, a productive person in society. i go to church, volunteer, attend groups and just try to do as much as i can to fight this disease so i can show everyone that this is the person i am, not the one that the illness made me. i was low like you not long ago but now with the right medication im pulling my own. i hope you can do better than me, as i will prey for you. may god show you the best path for your recovery and i wish you th very best. god bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[~Jennifer~]

Hi helpneedednow thank you for your encouraging post. I'm going to write that down. I put everything in God's hands a year ago when I was really sick (hit rock bottom) with depression and he watched over me so I have to put this bipolar stuff in God's hands? I already put my depression in God's hands thought that would take care of everything. Oh well, I will lean on god. Thanks so much for replying that means a lot to me and the bad thing about being bipolar is when the episode is over I start to feel sick to my stomach. Does anyone else do this?

Welcome to the forum.

hang in there, you will make it through this. i have made it and i have been the biggest dramaqueen you have ever seen,lol. but really, it is tough to fight this illness sometimes. you have racing thoughts, you think your worthless, you just want to crawl in a hole and shut yourself in from the world. but this is the worst thing you can do, be possitive. tell yourself that you are going to lick this and you are going to do whatever it takes to get this done. life is like a box of choclates,lol, you dont ever know what your going to get until you try one. and every path is different, but the one thing you can always count on is god being there with you. i have turned my life over to the lord and he has guided me through the tough times in my life. i am working now, a productive person in society. i go to church, volunteer, attend groups and just try to do as much as i can to fight this disease so i can show everyone that this is the person i am, not the one that the illness made me. i was low like you not long ago but now with the right medication im pulling my own. i hope you can do better than me, as i will prey for you. may god show you the best path for your recovery and i wish you th very best. god bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[helpneedednow]

some of the most rewarding things in life come from the most difficult situations. remember you have many people here to lean on and most importantly god. i believe god brought me to this site to help others while really healing myself at the same time. have faith and it will work out. i have totally regreted things that i have done on bipolar episodes so dont feel alone.