Topic : Bipolar Disorder

Quote From: lollypop

 because I CAN bckspace in the title bar no problem, I HAVE no picture/image, mo matter how hard i try.  By NOT being chronological i mean, if you click on the number 1 you do not get the FIRST PAGE OF POSTS asone would expect, then 2 and 3,  depending on what page you HAVE BEEN ON, the numbers always bring up different pages.  THEN theres this impresive looking bar of (supposed) options on the top of each post, and NONE of them are even options 99% of us would want to use... spell check? numbered lists? red or black ink?  I keep thinking  this is a bad joke...I dont even see how ANYONE would think this is an improvement.  There's a lot of differemt stuff, but most of it is not anything we would use.  AND again. as for chronological, i sign in immediately when i come to the board every time, if i click on my last post at the top right, which is the LEAST confusing, but i dont know if i am missing any replies unless i go through ALL the numbers at the bottom.... anyway, when i click on my post at the top, all posts that have come after my post are on top of it!, so i re-read MY post, athen the answers or whatever are essentially going backwards above it.  Uh-uh, Look, I belong to several message boards, my intelligence level, and hands on computer knowledge of functionality is not impaired.  This "new improved " message board is almost impossible to use and get all the functions of the old one.  I have read Faq and EVEN that does not help.  I know when i was on the old board, when we posted pics, that was ONE of the MAIN causes for us to giggle and forget our stresses, and we cannot do that anymore, we can't find replies with a click of a button, we have to search back through them all and i still dont know if THATS the answer because you end up in a maze of miscellaneous pages, always something differewnt under a different number.  I feel like I am on a game show, TRYING MY LUCK every time i come here.

Ok, you say, then quit bit##@ing and dont USE the board.  I realize i musst sound lhorribly rude, and awful and i guess thats the way this board makes me feel, foul and angry.   I wont come back so nobody has to hear my complaints, but if anyone paid attention, they ALL make sense.

Beka

Quote From: mensan

if you do that if you are bipolar. That's "pressured speech," which is a hallmark symptom of mania. We all get to experience that. If lessons some if you are stabilized on medication, but I think it is always with us to a certain extent. Embarrassing, isn't it? 

Quote From: soni_g

Boy, is that normal!  It's hyperverbosity.  I drive myself crazy!  I go out, talk too much, am totally friendly and then go home and kick myself.  Did I say too much?  Did I say something wrong?  Did I offend anyone?  Then I think if I stay away from everyone for a few years, they'll forget.   If I'm not talking, I'm singing.  I love meditation, but I start singing!  I'm ready to put duct tape over my mouth during meditation, since I don't hum that loudly.  I heard it's normal, but if anyone knows of anything that works, that's one thing I'd love.  I'm okay as long as I'm not talking to anyone but myself!  I'm glad I'm not alone!

Quote From: sunshine80

I am starting to hear all of these stories of angry bipolar children!  Bipolars usually self-harm.  Maybe there is a personality disorder at work.  A personality disorder must have therapy to be effectively treated.  Perhaps the ADHD meds are causing the rages and hurtful behavior.  As far as the rewards, I don't know how it is for this poor girl, but after I have an episode I am so spent that I can hardly move, and I am 26.   Making the bed is like running a triathlon!  Also they are not spells.  The clinical term is episode.     

Shirlee should take her daughter right back to the hospital.  Bipolar (ADHD or other mental illness) is just like any other illness, if you went in for treatment for diabetes and came out sicker than ever, you would go right back to the hospital.    

I do not condone Tory's behavior, but you do have to feel for her.  To live with these moods at 12 years old is a living hell.  I know, I have lived it.  To be that angry, she must be in an awful lot of pain.  Tory needs a support group.  She needs to know that she is not the only one like herself.  She needs to talk to people who can understand what she is going through, and that she can trust to tell them what is going on.  For all they know, she may be hearing voices, and they tell her to do the violent things!  Tory is not a bad child.  People want her to fall in line, but when you are sick, you just can't.  Picture this, you are swimming in a beautiful lake full of all sorts of graceful swimmers, but you can't swim.  You are too far from shore, and you can't reach the bottom.  You are drowning.  The other swimmers scream at you and punish you for not swimming like they do.  They do not help, you panic.  You are drowning and they are all watching.  No one helps.  Wouldn't that be a horrible feeling?  This is how Tory and other bipolar children live every day.  Drowning.   Bipolar is an awful disease, and it erases every particle of self esteem that you can muster.  2.2 million diagnosed cases of bipolar in the U.S. alone.  If you thought this statistic was shocking check this one out.  AT LEAST 20% OF PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR ILLNESS DIE FROM IT.  That is the stat that they can prove.  Mania could cause you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or you could be manic and wreck your car.  The figure is far higher.  I hope, for everyone's sake, that Tory does not join the ranks of the 20%.  Just keep trying with the help, and be supportive of this family.  It is very frustrating to be in their situation.  Most people don't understand this, and think that if "they just get her straightened out she would be fine."  Not true.  Tell a diabetic if they would just straighten out they would be fine!  Do not be afraid to read on the subject, knowledge is power with this type of treatment.  This is a good place, too, to get info and support.  Maybe your friend might like to log on, too. 

It is very, very kind of you to be concerned for your friend and her daughter!!! 

Best Wishes and Good Luck! 

Sunshine 

Quote From: lancecpl

Hello all, 

  

My name is Steve, I am a Lance Corporal In the United States Marine Corps and I am currently Station in Japan.  I am kind of embarrassed writing this but I just need to talk and get help I guess.  A little about myself, for the last year plus, I have gone through such intense training and day by day I feel like I am breaking down, I get to the point where I just want to Cry, yea some of you say he is a Marine he shouldnt cry.  well thats what all my higher ups tell me, they tell me to suck it up.  one second i can be so happy then within seconds i will just snap, i will go from yelling at someone for something stupid, then wanting to run away embarrassed.  I always feel like someone is talking about me no matter where I go.  It really is so hard, and I am in the need for help.  If anyone has any advice please email me.  Thank You 

  

Lance Cpl 

Quote From: lancecpl

Hello all, 

  

My name is Steve, I am a Lance Corporal In the United States Marine Corps and I am currently Station in Japan.  I am kind of embarrassed writing this but I just need to talk and get help I guess.  A little about myself, for the last year plus, I have gone through such intense training and day by day I feel like I am breaking down, I get to the point where I just want to Cry, yea some of you say he is a Marine he shouldnt cry.  well thats what all my higher ups tell me, they tell me to suck it up.  one second i can be so happy then within seconds i will just snap, i will go from yelling at someone for something stupid, then wanting to run away embarrassed.  I always feel like someone is talking about me no matter where I go.  It really is so hard, and I am in the need for help.  If anyone has any advice please email me.  Thank You 

  

Lance Cpl 

Quote From: happytrail

Hello.  Thank you so much for your input.  As I said, I do not have a child with this disorder, and I do not see Tory all the time!  This family has very little money.  The father is unable to work due to injuries and receives very little comp for it, and the mom never worked at all prior to the injury and her experience is minimal.  She is really trying hard and has a decent job, but, it is difficult financially.  I let Shirlee know what you said about taking Tory back to the hospital - but she said that the hospital told her "if she has another "episode", then let them know, but that they had kept her the maximum number of days one person could stay for the same situation!!  I couldn't believe it.  And, Shirlee said that she does not have the money to go to a professional!  They have insurance (which will expire in about a month) through her husbands job, but the dedutible for mental health issues is $500!!!! They do not have that.  The state will not help her financially unless they sign over custody to the state and then pay the state child support!!  I am very confused about all this and I know there has to be some help out there for Tory - that's what she needs and what the family needs!  Help!   Do you have any suggestion?  Thanks again - we appreciate the input