| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Administrator
Administrator
15007 Posts
Gratitude: 3353
     |
 Posted - 05/06/2007 : 15:59:56
|
| Slide 07 |
|
| Administrator
Administrator
15007 Posts
Gratitude: 3353
|
Posted - 05/06/2007 : 21:40:20
|
| I would welcome your comments concerning this slide. |
|
| EmergingArtist
Incredible Member (2000+ posts)
9136 Posts
Gratitude: 952
|
Posted - 05/07/2007 : 14:50:21
|
This is totally me except for "excessive involvement in dangerous pleasurable activities." |
|
| Bailey
Incredible Member (2000+ posts)
2205 Posts
Gratitude: 587
|
Posted - 05/08/2007 : 15:30:59
|
My goodness...to see this now...after all these years, in print. This is me...all of it.
What can I expect now with proper medication? Can I expect no episodes....or fewer...or of lesser extent?
I do not drink...nor take drugs. I have been good about taking this medication everyday, and at the same times everyday. Also..what happens if I miss a dose, or forget to get a refill and its during a holiday. I just want to do this right.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have the right to expect people to be tactful.
Bill Blackman
|
|
| EmergingArtist
Incredible Member (2000+ posts)
9136 Posts
Gratitude: 952
|
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 06:27:57
|
Hi Bailey,
What kind of dangerous pleasurable activities have you done?
-EA
dx bipolar 1993 |
|
| Bailey
Incredible Member (2000+ posts)
2205 Posts
Gratitude: 587
|
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 06:50:43
|
lol..Hi EA
Well..not anything I would discuss on an open board. That...would fall in line with dangerous..and maybe..pleasurable actions.
I will share it with you EA...but not here. Perhaps in an email
Laurie
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have the right to expect people to be tactful.
Bill Blackman
|
|
| lynn2150
Super Incredible Member (10000+ posts)
21329 Posts
Gratitude: 9217
|
Posted - 05/14/2007 : 02:43:55
|
Well, you had better share with me too.
We'll compare notes !
Man on his own is a weak creature, but, joined with others, working for the same goals, can work miracles. |
|
| stigmastomper
Super Incredible Member (10000+ posts)
24351 Posts
Gratitude: 10921
|
Posted - 05/14/2007 : 16:34:12
|
| aww...nut's i miss out on everything lol bailey lol |
|
| firebird
Amazing Member (1000+ posts)
1555 Posts
Gratitude: 584
|
Posted - 05/16/2007 : 11:19:07
|
Oh yes, been there. My danger is I forget all the bad aspects of mania and only remember the good ones, the increased energy, feelings of grandness and self esteem having a greatly renewed enthusiasm for my work and optimism for new projects, losing all social anxiety and enjoying an increase of attention from the opposite sex. If mania comes after a long period of depression its like I think to myself, damn, I deserve this!, all the feel goods that have been absent during the months of depression, now coming in a bunched up concentrated form, hell, I earned it!. Sometime it just feels so good. Of course I don't like to remember the agitation, snapping at my boyfriend and treating him with disregard, voices and things in my head that wouldn't shut up, paranoia and urge to cut myself, risky behaviors like dressing provocatively and flirting in public places with strange men and then having to escape from them. Deciding to go hiking and climbing alone on dangerous cliffs because it seems like fun, having impulsive thoughts of taking my kayak out on the ocean and thinking wouldn't it be fun to see if I could get to another island (in the far distance) on it like caribes of long ago did. (luckily I didn't try it).
 |
|
| stigmastomper
Super Incredible Member (10000+ posts)
24351 Posts
Gratitude: 10921
|
Posted - 07/02/2007 : 13:51:20
|
dr.long ,
thank you for this lecture serires[es].
that you have done [been doing]
i would like very much to reply but the screen is
giant could you shrink it so it fits on the computer screen?
i believe you would have a greater response to your lecture if you did.
|
|
| juniperbelle
New Member
62 Posts
Gratitude: 46
|
Posted - 03/24/2008 : 11:37:20
|
By the way, Doctor, all of this information is so informative and helpful. Thank you.
However, I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder several years ago and put on Depakote, yet not a single one of these symptom describe me. As I said in my introductory post, I've always been despressed and am being treated for that, which helps, but I'd really love to stop Depakote (with my doctor' help). Why would one doctor (who I don't see any more) out of several dozen over my lifetime think I was ever manic? Very strange to me.
Does anyone else feel they've been so inaccurately diagnosed?
JunniperBelle |
|
| |
Topic |
|
Comments On Slide 07
Forum Locked
