People Who Have Been Through Bipolar Disorder

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Living on a short rope and hanging by a thread.

I was diagnosed in 1982 with bipolar disorder. There is a history of it in our family. My mother has it. I've been through hell and I am ready to die!I have a wonderful husband that puts up with me. My son is 13 and a great student. I have two masters degrees and been through 6 jobs. I have ruined my credit and my husbands. I... Read more Chevron

posted 11/09/2007, comments (11)|

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Two days before he moved out on our family, we were buying furniture and dishes.

Help! I am reading too much that sounds like us. He was so charming, beautiful, fun, participatory and the best potential stepfather life has served up. Slowly, he began disappearing for days at a time...saying I had burned him. He wouldn't answer calls. He would ship a small but completely non-feeling communication... Read more Chevron

posted 09/26/2007, comments (8)|

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Bipolar-hypomanic

I knew there was something wrong for 12 years. I even told the doctor I was Bipolar! Do doctors ever believe what the patient says? I have been stable since '87 with Lithium. Two years ago I was diagnosed with hypomania. Now I am on Zyprexa for that. I have been told that Zyprexa causes Diabetes... Read more Chevron

posted 08/16/2007, comments (2)|

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Help Me Understand

How do you deal with bipolar? I've only known for 4 years now, but I've only been on meds since 2005.I'm 30, my husband is 28 he and I have had very troubling childhoods,so this is very hard for us to deal with, but we love each other very much.We have been together since 1998,Nobody else in my close family understands it either can... Read more Chevron

posted 07/21/2007, comments (3)|

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Everybody needs a hand up sometime's

Living with a mental illness does not mean we are limited as to what we can do, how far we can reach, and it never means we have to give up our dreams. For me, it was a training class I attended, and a few of the women in that class showed me great support, at a time when I just wanted to die. If only we all knew that within ourselves we have the... Read more Chevron

posted 05/15/2007, comments (0)|

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