Tuesday, May 29, 2012
krychick
  • krychick
    is trying to find a way through all of this.
  • Location: Rochester, NY, United States
  • Gender: Female
  • Birthday: September 14, 1968
  • Bio: 41, married with a 6 year old boy. Seeking peace.
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HEALTH INTERESTS:

Yoga,  meditation,  healthy/green living,  bipolar,  bipolar disorder treatment

DRUGS I AM TAKING:

gabapentin,  valium,  lithium

ABOUT ME:

I'm nuts. Have been since almost birth. I've been diagnosed BP1 earlier this year after carrying around a unipolar depression label for 10 years. I knew it wasn't right but didn't know what was wrong. The depressions I could understand, the mania scared me so bad, that I would put myself in such dangerous situations and not know why, rages, stealing... not to mention other more private things. Just not myself and was afraid to tell anyone, even pdocs and therapists, which is probably why I was not diagnosed sooner. I switched GPs and when taking a health history he recognized my "bad reaction to prozac" (ha!) as mania and sent me to a psychiatrist who asked me to think about my life and if I'd ever had any experiences similar... and there it was. I'm in treatment now and hating it, even though I feel loads better. I can accept the diagnosis but can't at the same time. Just trying to take things day by day. I'm really having a time with the medications. Everything makes me tired or sick. And heavy. At times I feel as if i am walking around in a dream. Working minimally. Married but not doing well- I feel like there is nothing I can do to make him happy or deal with his needs. I can't help it. Sometimes it makes me feel like I am a bad mother. Like I said, I am doing the best I can.

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