Posted by Brandymac26 on November 8, 2002, at 16:52:14
In reply to Re: ideas for poss Bipolar...not sure what type, posted by fluffy on November 8, 2002, at 13:59:05
> Hi you guys!
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> Thanks so much for all of your support through this crappy time for me! (and hi Brandy...)
> I just got diagnosed BP2 today. It's important to know that manic behavior doesn't have to involve shopping sprees or crime. I just recently figured out that I never really got manic...just hypomanic. And a lot of my friends behave in such ways...but they don't have major depressions every year either. The depressive jags are sometimes the only way to figure this stuff out. I, too thought that my hypomania was just normal behavior. But in 3 years, I moved 5 (yeah that's right..5!) times around this city to find the place that was going to make me feel happy...drank like a fish--so much so that people would have to take me home...couldn't keep a job because I'd start coming up with agendas...(i switched jobs 4 times in 3 years) couldn't concentrate on my artwork because of all of my agendas...on message boards taunting people at work and writing "exposes".
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> Arguably, this could be a result of just getting out of grad school and trying to settle. But the depressions (BAD ones...) kept returning.
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> My doc put me on a tiny dose of zoloft and neurontin...my aunt is on this and seems well.
> We'll see.
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> But I wanted to thank you guys for helping me to figure this shit out.
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> Hang in there Brandy...Find a GOOD pdoc if you possibly can! It is worth the investment...it's your life!
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> Thanks again guys.
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> Thanks! I definetely going to try to find a pdoc instead of my general practitioner about this. Because, like you, I dont get the "major" manic episodes, and I never have. My mood is elevated, I do crazy stuff like quit my job , and I move all over just like you trying to find a place that makes me happy. But the depression gets awful, a lot worse than my "up" moods (I guess I mean hypomanic b/c I dont ever get fully manic). But thanks a lot for the reply, and I'm going to find a good doctor. By the way, what med's did they put you on for this? Thanks
Brandy
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