Information and opinions on Bipolar from HP at BipolarConnect.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191 http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/70208/anxiety-101-things Fri, 08 May 2009 12:57:02 -0400 HP going up... and I know it.... the draw to the canvas and the pen tells me so.  Its not always a productive thing... and I have already started uping my meds in order to head this off at the pass.... (deep healing breaths)   I was listening to Pink's song Sober.... and there were things I can see in this song... I am going to share some of these lyrics... Anyone else see... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/70208/anxiety-101-things http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/70080/emerging Thu, 07 May 2009 12:28:04 -0400 HP The mad chemist in my head did me no favors over the winter.  The delightfully morbid cocktail of SAD and Bipolar had me inches from the bottom.  Its amazing how something as simple as a change in season plunged me from a time in life that was so very good... to seeing it as a daily battle to survive.  The frightening thing is that NOTHING outside my brain's perception changed.  It erroded my immune system and I stayed... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/70080/emerging http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43999/elevator-ground Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:54:06 -0400 HP I was hoping for a few calm days where things were seemingly normal.  I guess that isn't going to happen.  Got to bed about the usual time between 11:30pm and Midnight (normally I get up between 7:30 - 8 SLEEP is vital!)  So when I work up at 4:30am I was a little concerned.  I forced myself to try to go back to sleep but I all I could think about was all the things I could accomplish today!  I was excited and... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43999/elevator-ground http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43887/step-today Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:39:23 -0400 HP Today I was able to actually get a little work done, but still feel weighted.  Its very tiring this whole living thing.  I am pretty determined to keep doing it though.  The cat had to remind me that I had neglected her.  I did focus a little and I managed to avoid the evil nap, but I didn't get the car into the shop and didn't go grocery shopping and now here I am whining.    It is strange to be both aware and... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43887/step-today http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43250/motions Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:23:12 -0400 HP How do you realize you are hanging out in the pit...?  I don't normally notice until I am at the bottom of the well... and my body hurts like flu and I don't want to move.  Its an effort to move... it hurts to think and pulling the blankets over my head sounds like the best idea I have heard in a while.    I just don't know what else to say here, but to let people know I am still alive... I won't say that I feel "well", but... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/43250/motions http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/39432/thing-good-cry Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:16:28 -0400 HP Announcement: Good morning ladies and gentleman, this is the captive speaking.... today we will be flying into the unknown and may experience turbulence.  The altitude we will be soaring at may be exceedingly high, rest assured we will plummet slightly and possibly even land Safely.  Any discomfort you may feel from the dizzying heights or sudden drop in mood will be temporary as this will fluctate wildly over the next few days. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/39432/thing-good-cry http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/25913/blessings Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:12:20 -0400 HP One of the great blessings of being bipolar is that I will feel things in a way that many "normals" won't.  The colours will be vivid, the flavors remarkable and the sensations almost divine.  I know that too much more and the brain races or the crash comes, but right here, perched on this happy little ledge, the sun is warm and if my body is keeping up with my brain, these will be some of the most productive days.   I try, to... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/25913/blessings http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/24007/empty-dark Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:38:00 -0400 HP For Marcus-  The only person in the world strong enough to be sane, strong and willing to believe in this battered soul.   The world is just the sameas it was just yesterdayonly my colours have runfrom vivid green to grey The slope was more slipperythe sensations did not lastthe empty and the darkengulfed me much too fast You call to me from the realand though you draw me nearI am voided by the chemistrymy... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/24007/empty-dark http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/23834/meds-challenges Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:27:00 -0400 HP Does anyone know any non-pharmacuetical methods to cope with Bi-polar.  I have gone through Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy because I have Medication-Resistant rapid cycling Bi-polar.  Is there something else other people are doing that helps?  Also if you have tried any new meds, something new than 6 months old and its working for you, I would love to hear it.  I would like to think that there is a way to do this without meds... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/23834/meds-challenges http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/22236/upc-code Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:56:00 -0400 HP Today has been one of those stable but on the edge of up or down.  Do you ever feel like that.  You know the stable mood, the calm productive one is about to go.  It begins with an anxious feeling.  That doesn't really tell you... and then you begin.  Sometimes it only lays waiting for a trigger. I like the rollercoaster analogy.  Truly, I find it fits... this is that curve in space mountain where you... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/94191/22236/upc-code