The Pole Dance http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:23 +0000 60 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33937-hypochondriasis-as-mixed-symptom/
Does anybody go through this?

Maybe I have to up the zyprexa....

--lluv]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:33:23 +0000 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33937-hypochondriasis-as-mixed-symptom/ http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33936-does-everyone-with-a-flavor-of-bipolar-cycle/
So I've heard a lot of discussion of cycling...and to be honest, that's my image of bipolar disorders...that there's a cycle between a (hypo)manic period and a depression period...maybe with some stability in between, maybe over an extended period of time, etc.

I'm just curious if this is a given or a requirement. I've tracked this thing for a bit and really do not cycle. I spike high (possibly manic or hypomanic) for about 24 hours prior to entering into a deep depression, hang out in depression land for about 6 months, and then eventually end up in a fairly stable state. This has happened twice in the past 8 years.

So...I know a diagnosis is only a diagnosis and what matters is treatment...but I'm curious if there's anyone out there with a fairly similar symptom pattern? does everyone with a flavor of bipolar cycle fairly predictably?

thanks,
Amy]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:32:12 +0000 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33936-does-everyone-with-a-flavor-of-bipolar-cycle/ http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33929-mania/
my nurse practitioner who does my med management has no idea what to do with me. after 600 mg of seroquel xr caused me to gain 5 pounds in five days. now we're weaning me off that. but i need to figure something out for right now. because i think i'm going to lose it. [i just got some scary news from my gp. possibly cervical cancer. 2nd abnormal pap. see my blog if you actually want to read about that...] med guy is consulting with various psychiatrists. but i'm getting worse. worse than i was before the 600 mg or seroquel was started. this mania thing is ramping up. even taking 100 mg of seroquel [the IR kind] T.I.D. it doesn't do a damn thing. i'm supposed to hear from him tomorrow. ish. i'll call him tonight. i don't want to bother him. but i'm scared and not ok. and something needs to be done.

i can't go to the hospital. it's too expensive. but i think i need to. but it's too expensive. i don't have the money to cover anything expensive...

i'm just trying to stay calm and keep going. because that's all i can do. any words of advice on how to do that? stay calm and keep going?]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:19 +0000 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33929-mania/ http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33847-i-was-dxd-now-my-sister/ I have bp I and my sister has suffered some major depression in her life. Her issues were one of the reasons I agreed to go back on my meds. She just had her first visit with my pdoc since I highly reccomend her, but now I am concerned. The pdoc thinks she has bp type II but she has never had a hypomanic episode. I guess I am just concerned since bp runs in the family but part of me thinks the doc is shoe horning my sister into bp just because I am. Without getting into specifics the pdoc only gave her an AD and no mood stabilizer. I am just concerned that if my sister is bp that it will cause a flip. I am stable now and know what to look for as far as warning signs go. Do you guys think I am just being paranoid and over protective? Or since it runs in the family do you think this may be a safe dx? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:55:54 +0000 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33847-i-was-dxd-now-my-sister/ http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33826-suggestions/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:24:46 +0000 http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/33826-suggestions/