Hello All

[renna]

I'm bipolar. I resentfully go to counseling weekly and take my meds. As I recently experienced, the meds are a BIT more vital than the counseling. My doctor phased me off of Abilify since I hadn't had any psychotic episodes, and I was fine for about 4 months until this week, when I went off the deep end. It wasn't as bad as past episodes, though, since we all recognized it early on.

Normally I have a good sense of humor about it. I like to think that I'm not crazy, it's other people who are boring. And I like to think of my psych ward experience as an adventure that, hopefully, I need not repeat. Hence the weekly counseling.

But right now I'm quite down about the whole thing. Aside from the fact that I'd be down anyway, I'm embarrassed and ashamed of how I acted. And there was no trigger... I just slipped away.

So here I am.

[AnneMarie]

Hi there. I'm sorry about what happened. Sometimes I think where you are at now, the embarrassed and ashamed, is the worst part of it. I don't usually have triggers, but I do have early warning signs. My therapist is a good one. She has helped me recognize them. Keeps me out of trouble, or at least it has for the last almost two years.

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[The Emperor]

Hello, and welcome to CB!

[tryp]

Welcome, Renna. We like to laugh about MI here, so you should fit right in

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[mynameisiforgot]

I don't usually have triggers either, just early warning signs. I am so sorry you're down in the dumps. I do hope things work out.

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