I'm just like exhausted. Please help me.
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October 16, 2011 - 6:29 pm
Before church, I was dangerously manic. During church my mood changed 7 times. SEVEN. I cried, then laughed so hysterically that I had to leave.
HOW THE #@$%&* DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN
My heart rate got dangerously high, and I almost fainted. Can being manic give you a heart attack? How many times can your mood change in a day? I'm not any medication, i'm allergic to it and it just makes me sick, so please dont suggest it. I'm just looking for advice/personal experience.
HOW THE #@$%&* DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN
My heart rate got dangerously high, and I almost fainted. Can being manic give you a heart attack? How many times can your mood change in a day? I'm not any medication, i'm allergic to it and it just makes me sick, so please dont suggest it. I'm just looking for advice/personal experience.
Before church, I was dangerously manic. During church my mood changed 7 times. SEVEN. I cried, then laughed so hysterically that I had to leave.
HOW THE #@$%&* DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN
My heart rate got dangerously high, and I almost fainted. Can being manic give you a heart attack? How many times can your mood change in a day? I'm not any medication, i'm allergic to it and it just makes me sick, so please dont suggest it. I'm just looking for advice/personal experience.
HOW THE #@$%&* DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN
My heart rate got dangerously high, and I almost fainted. Can being manic give you a heart attack? How many times can your mood change in a day? I'm not any medication, i'm allergic to it and it just makes me sick, so please dont suggest it. I'm just looking for advice/personal experience.
October 16, 2011 - 8:19 pm
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I can't give you much insight, as this is still new to me. I just wanted to say this happens to me all the time.
I never realized how unusual it was until my diagnosis and consequent medication. It happened to me last weekend. I started the day in a fairly good mood but by noon was giggling. I would go so far as to say I was giddy. Two hours later I just wanted to go home and sleep. That night I had a panic attack, which hasn't happened in years.
This is the first time in my life I've been able to tell the difference between normal and not so normal behaviour. Before, it was all normal for me.
When you recognize the behavior, are you able to pull back from it? Like meditation or breathing exercises? I'm working on that myself. If possible, I avoid over-stimulation. Quiet areas away from crowds.
It may sound trite but I think there has to be something to acknowledging your mood swings and just telling your brain STOP!
I never realized how unusual it was until my diagnosis and consequent medication. It happened to me last weekend. I started the day in a fairly good mood but by noon was giggling. I would go so far as to say I was giddy. Two hours later I just wanted to go home and sleep. That night I had a panic attack, which hasn't happened in years.
This is the first time in my life I've been able to tell the difference between normal and not so normal behaviour. Before, it was all normal for me.
When you recognize the behavior, are you able to pull back from it? Like meditation or breathing exercises? I'm working on that myself. If possible, I avoid over-stimulation. Quiet areas away from crowds.
It may sound trite but I think there has to be something to acknowledging your mood swings and just telling your brain STOP!
I can't give you much insight, as this is still new to me. I just wanted to say this happens to me all the time.
I never realized how unusual it was until my diagnosis and consequent medication. It happened to me last weekend. I started the day in a fairly good mood but by noon was giggling. I would go so far as to say I was giddy. Two hours later I just wanted to go home and sleep. That night I had a panic attack, which hasn't happened in years.
This is the first time in my life I've been able to tell the difference between normal and not so normal behaviour. Before, it was all normal for me.
When you recognize the behavior, are you able to pull back from it? Like meditation or breathing exercises? I'm working on that myself. If possible, I avoid over-stimulation. Quiet areas away from crowds.
It may sound trite but I think there has to be something to acknowledging your mood swings and just telling your brain STOP!
I never realized how unusual it was until my diagnosis and consequent medication. It happened to me last weekend. I started the day in a fairly good mood but by noon was giggling. I would go so far as to say I was giddy. Two hours later I just wanted to go home and sleep. That night I had a panic attack, which hasn't happened in years.
This is the first time in my life I've been able to tell the difference between normal and not so normal behaviour. Before, it was all normal for me.
When you recognize the behavior, are you able to pull back from it? Like meditation or breathing exercises? I'm working on that myself. If possible, I avoid over-stimulation. Quiet areas away from crowds.
It may sound trite but I think there has to be something to acknowledging your mood swings and just telling your brain STOP!
October 16, 2011 - 8:21 pm
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If it's a charismatic church where you're being encouraged to be smitten with the spirit, that might be overstimulating. You might want to find something more meditative and calming.
You might want to read this for the non-medication things you can do:
http://www.psycheducation.org/...
Medications are different and you are NOT allergic to all of them. You may have had some unpleasant side effect experiences, but I doubt you've tried all available meds. And though side effects may really, really suck, ultradian cycling sucks even worse. Please get over this hippie anti-med thing. You're sick and you need medicine. Like if you had treatable cancer you'd refuse chemo because it made you feel a little ill? Refuse surgery because it hurts? C'mon.
You might want to read this for the non-medication things you can do:
http://www.psycheducation.org/...
Medications are different and you are NOT allergic to all of them. You may have had some unpleasant side effect experiences, but I doubt you've tried all available meds. And though side effects may really, really suck, ultradian cycling sucks even worse. Please get over this hippie anti-med thing. You're sick and you need medicine. Like if you had treatable cancer you'd refuse chemo because it made you feel a little ill? Refuse surgery because it hurts? C'mon.
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If it's a charismatic church where you're being encouraged to be smitten with the spirit, that might be overstimulating. You might want to find something more meditative and calming.
You might want to read this for the non-medication things you can do:
http://www.psycheducation.org/...
Medications are different and you are NOT allergic to all of them. You may have had some unpleasant side effect experiences, but I doubt you've tried all available meds. And though side effects may really, really suck, ultradian cycling sucks even worse. Please get over this hippie anti-med thing. You're sick and you need medicine. Like if you had treatable cancer you'd refuse chemo because it made you feel a little ill? Refuse surgery because it hurts? C'mon.
You might want to read this for the non-medication things you can do:
http://www.psycheducation.org/...
Medications are different and you are NOT allergic to all of them. You may have had some unpleasant side effect experiences, but I doubt you've tried all available meds. And though side effects may really, really suck, ultradian cycling sucks even worse. Please get over this hippie anti-med thing. You're sick and you need medicine. Like if you had treatable cancer you'd refuse chemo because it made you feel a little ill? Refuse surgery because it hurts? C'mon.
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October 16, 2011 - 9:00 pm
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You sound like you have schizophrenia, not bipolar. That's crazy that you won't take meds, you won't get any better. Just my 2 cents.
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I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.
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You sound like you have schizophrenia, not bipolar. That's crazy that you won't take meds, you won't get any better. Just my 2 cents.
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October 17, 2011 - 6:56 am
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Two moods per day is the max that I have ever experienced. 7 is an awful lot. It makes me wonder if you aren't in a mixed episode and just fluctuating between feelings throughout the day. Do you get very depressed during any of the 7 changes? If not, I wonder if it is an irritable mania that calms at times and flares up between irritable and elated. In any case, I think things like meditation, fish oil and exercise are good for a bipolar person overall, but to control such episodes all I can think of is medicine. Sorry for mentioning it. Did your doctor tell you you were allergic to it and unable to try any new ones? Some people I've known who were very sensitive took baby doses and still benefited from them.
Two moods per day is the max that I have ever experienced. 7 is an awful lot. It makes me wonder if you aren't in a mixed episode and just fluctuating between feelings throughout the day. Do you get very depressed during any of the 7 changes? If not, I wonder if it is an irritable mania that calms at times and flares up between irritable and elated. In any case, I think things like meditation, fish oil and exercise are good for a bipolar person overall, but to control such episodes all I can think of is medicine. Sorry for mentioning it. Did your doctor tell you you were allergic to it and unable to try any new ones? Some people I've known who were very sensitive took baby doses and still benefited from them.
Joined: 09-21-2011