Just wondering...please respond

[Lik3]

I also have been diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, which means I tend to keep to myself and have little to no contact with other people, which I an okay with. Being a bipolar I do wonder if this is really okay? I also suffer from OCD and anxiety. I am in therapy and take medication, but it seems like the medication has become less effective even though there have been adjustments to my medication. By the way, can compulsions, urges, and crushes on dead guys also be a symptom of bipolar disorder?

 

[CraftyTurtle]

With such a co-morbidity (what a word, eh?) you are probably best off doing what is right for you. Keeping yourself to yourself is not so bad for bipolar - it has more to do with personality, I think.
I know shut-ins who barely leave the house for months during their worst times, but they never suffer cabin fever, because it is not in their nature to do so. Another person might get frustrated with a couple of days without socialising. That's *their* personality.
Everyone is different. Don't take advice from a social butterfly who plays team sports, is on every committee, was voted most popular, and is the life of every party. Just because *they* are energised by other people, doesn't mean we all are.

I am one of the "loner" people. I live alone. I MUCH prefer it this way. I am in control of my thoughts, and get drained emotionally when I am constantly bombarded by other people's chatter.
I do have contact with workmates, friends, those in my church, and other people in society. But is is SO nice to come home and shut the door, and be me in my own thoughts.

Find *your* level of comfort, and live there. I am single (never married), and *I* am fine with it. I pity those who married, then regretted it. (My Mom took 30 years to find the courage to leave my Dad) I pity those who are lonely, and yearn for love. If I even get so much as a pick-up line aimed in my direction, I run away screaming. Well, not literally, but I have no intention of giving up my treasured solitude. I need it. It is my comfort zone. Yours too, by the sound of it. There is nothing wrong with that. And there is nothing so wrong as socialising more (or finding a partner) just because society says it is the norm.

In being alone, you are not alone.

 

[Barzel]

I also have been diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, which means I tend to keep to myself and have little to no contact with other people, which I an okay with. Being a bipolar I do wonder if this is really okay? I also suffer from OCD and anxiety. I am in therapy and take medication, but it seems like the medication has become less effective even though there have been adjustments to my medication. By the way, can compulsions, urges, and crushes on dead guys also be a symptom of bipolar disorder?

Compulsions and urges can result from mania and depression, but--for example--a specific compulsion to dig up Vincent Van Gogh's skeleton and dance with it--is not a symptom of bipolar disorder. These infatuations and ideas can stem from psychosis (a break from reality), but often begin in hypomania.

The best thing to do is talk these issues out with your therapist, including the lack of efficacy of your medication. These are pertinent frustrations you should deal with for the sake of your mental health.