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Old 10-28-2007, 02:42 PM   #1
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the symptoms of being bipolar :(

Hey Im kinda new here, well I been a member but never really posted much. Well I never knew what Bipolar was or didnt care to until I realized one day when reading what it is and the symptoms, that it basically described who I was. Ever since I was 14-15 I suffered from depression and anxiety, and as the years passed it kept getting worse and worse. I kept this to myself until one day I told my sister and parents, and I got treated for depression but stopped taking it after 1 month. Not until I turned 20 did things get really bad, where to the point that I started cutting my wrist and was at the point of thinking of commiting suicide.

Besides from being depressed most of the time and not enjoying things, I was always irritable all the time and the smallest thing would get on my nerves. It was like my wife would always have to take care of me. I have these bad mood swings where one minute Im happy and the next I just want to be alone and I feel depressed. The thing that got to me and I started to notice this is way beyond just depression, is when I use to have these episodes(which I now know are called "manic episodes" of being bipolar). Its like something takes over me and Im filled with adrenaline and just go on a destroying spree. Theres no reasoning with me or trying to calm me down, its like Im someone else. I break stuff and punch stuff and I have gotten a knife and cut up the furniture, my wifes clothes. I once cut myself and wrote "love kills" with my blood on the wall. Pretty crazy, thats when I knew I needed help. I just feel like sometimes Im going crazy, and when I do have these episodes its just scary, cause I know im capable of hurting someone really bad, which I haved before. The worst being one day when I had an episode I ended up holding my hand over my wifes mouth and not letting her breathe for a while and then I decided to let go. It scares me to think I did that.

Im currently seeing a psychiatrist and Im on prozac, but I feel the prozac isn't enough, cause I still have had these manic episodes. Anyways sorry to ramble I just felt the need to get this off my chest to people who understand what Im going through.

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Re: the symptoms of being bipolar :(

First I have to say that you need to get off Prozac.. Antidressant's and BP does not mix well you need to talk to your doctor about this...

Second, your in the right place right now and EVERYONE knows how you feel... You need to be on the right medications because honestly NO ONE has the right to put there hands on anyone BP or not!!!! The ball is in your court and you need to do what is right.. I'm not going to sugar coat the ride because it's not fun but it is the RIGHT thing to do not only for you but for your wife...
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Re: the symptoms of being bipolar :(

Hello,

YOu ned to get to a doctor ASAP. An anti-depressant alone, without mood stabilizer, is bound to activate BP.

If you're feeling as if you might harm someone (sounds as if you've come near it with your wife), it seems to make sense to check yourself into a hospital to get your meds straightened out. You owe yourself and the people around you who care for you that much.

I hope you get help right away - living in those ups and down, esp. with rage and violence, is just hell. Please do post and let us know -

Seaturtle

 
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