Bipolar support thread

Sueinbirmingham

"i feel like everythings caving in on me, and its just ANOTHER thing thats wrong with me"

Just a different perspective - it's not another thing that's 'wrong with you', it's just a different way of understanding what's wrong with you/the problems you have. A bipolar diagnosis, if that's what you get, won't change what symptoms you have. On the other hand, if it turns out that that is one of the things that you have, the diagnosis may help your psychiatrist to find the best treatment for you which may result in fewer things 'wrong with you'/fewer problems to deal with.

I hope this take on it helps to reassure you.

seeya23

well just got over 3 weeks till i see my psychiatrist again i feel so low at the moment do know if can wait that long to see someone no longer have a social worker i feel so alone

Sam-Barr

A woman who I worked for about 3 years ago recently got in touch with me on a social networking site and began basically "bragging" to me about how she was prescibed anti-d's for years, didn't actually take them, kept saying they were not helping and was diagnosed with bi-polar this year and apparently this was her aim all along as this diagnosis can be used to help her get out of paying debts and stop balliffs and whatnot.
I'm utterly shocked and I have refused contact with her since this revelation.

Trialia

I can't stand people like that. I'd do almost anything to have something that helped with my condition and actually worked, but people who use it as an excuse... ugh.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Sam-Barr wrote: »

A woman who I worked for about 3 years ago recently got in touch with me on a social networking site and began basically "bragging" to me about how she was prescibed anti-d's for years, didn't actually take them, kept saying they were not helping and was diagnosed with bi-polar this year and apparently this was her aim all along as this diagnosis can be used to help her get out of paying debts and stop balliffs and whatnot.
I'm utterly shocked and I have refused contact with her since this revelation.

People like this make my blood boil. They give true sufferers a bad name & push us under the same umberella.

I'd love nothing more than to have never had a mental illness & wouldn't wish BP on anyone. It's a horrid illness & it affects every part of someone's life.

It's quite embarassing to openly brag about the illness & what a diagnosis can get you. Hopefully, she will get a big shock & not get the help she thinks she will.

For me a Bipolar Disorder is like a life sentence. It has certainly played it's part on ruining my life.

At the moment, I have massive adrenalin rushes going on & it's making me feel ill. I feel manic, but quite hostile & very jittery & nervous. I would swap these feelings for being well in an instant.

Thinking about everyone who is suffering at the moment.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sam-Barr wrote: »

A woman who I worked for about 3 years ago recently got in touch with me on a social networking site and began basically "bragging" to me about how she was prescibed anti-d's for years, didn't actually take them, kept saying they were not helping and was diagnosed with bi-polar this year and apparently this was her aim all along as this diagnosis can be used to help her get out of paying debts and stop balliffs and whatnot.
I'm utterly shocked and I have refused contact with her since this revelation.

Although she could actually have bipolar and be claiming that it's all a plan because she can't handle the thought of it being real...

sarah*a

Sam-Barr wrote: »

A woman who I worked for about 3 years ago recently got in touch with me on a social networking site and began basically "bragging" to me about how she was prescibed anti-d's for years, didn't actually take them, kept saying they were not helping and was diagnosed with bi-polar this year and apparently this was her aim all along as this diagnosis can be used to help her get out of paying debts and stop balliffs and whatnot.
I'm utterly shocked and I have refused contact with her since this revelation.

Utter claptrap - take it from someone who's had to deal with bailiffs and whatnot since diagnosis - they don't care whats wrong with you they just want their money back.

dark_angel_2002

I'm glad I have found this group right now I feel bad, I am so down someone I work with left on sertraline which isnt helping at all they send me on a major high all the time, I see the psych on june 1st they need to help me I am sitting here crying and scared mum had a stroke a couple of years ago and keeps getting headaches i am scared I will lose her my life is rubbish, i am trying not to gamble and screw up again the down wont go away I slept half of saturday and finally got some order in my house this weekend but I am finding it so hard why cant I have normal for once in my god dam life I hate all this I am fed up being being a freak i want to be normal just once is that too much to ask can i not be happy just for one day sorry i know i am wallowing is self pity wish 1st june would hurry up and i might get the help i need properly

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Dark angel maybe you should consider going to your local A&E. There you will get the opportunity to see a psychiatrist or crisis team who can offer help. Don't suffer alone, go & get some help. Might be an idea to take someone with you for support.

You may also want to consider joining the forum on mdf.org.uk website. Loads of support there.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

skipsmum wrote: »

diagnosis hasnt help me deal with anything!
Going up at the moment, I think its the sunshine. Havent slept for nearly a week and have bag loads of stuff I bought in TX max that doesnt fit. DH says we have to take it all back on saturday

Ebay is usually my devil. Can spend a fortune on there & I generally have to return stuff. End up loosing loads on postage charges.

Your so right, diagnosis hasn't helped me deal with anything either. Although BP isn't classed as a progressive illness, I'm regularly confronted with new challenges & old coping strategies not working anymore.