Bipolar Anyone?

[Stargirl]

I was wondering if anyone else has bipolar here...

I do...it sucks yeah...but it makes you different. Give your mind a light to throw on things in life...

I unno...

so, are there any other bipolars here.

ps : also buloxic :P { teehee....bulimic and anorexic combined}

[caged_creature]

Hi, I'm new to this site..

i have bipolar as well ... its harsh hey. do you find the moods from it affect how you eat a lot - like binge when depressed and starve when manic?

You're definately not alone with this combined with an ed.

[DiaryofSolace]

Hi,I am absolutely new to the site,so welcome me in the"club"

Mood swings are like hell with no end,especially if you live in the middle of nowhere,get no help and people around you believe that you are just"not strong-willed enough"!

Combine it with bulimia that hasn't turned into anorexia yet,homosexual orientation and even my best friend being bi-polar too-it is one petrifying mess.

You are definitely not alone...

[chloehartford]

I have never admitted this to anyone in my life before but I have bipolar as well. Sometimes I feel insane and my insanity combined with anorexia/bulimia do not go well together.

I am not like the majority of bulimics, I use laxatives as opposed to throwing up. And I know everyone says laxatives don't help you loose weight but for me they work and combined with not eating I can loose up to 2 a day. But I usually end up binging and I gain a lb or 2 after that.

I don't know about you but I'm 16, and my mom always makes comments about how I don't fit in and I need to make more friends and stuff but I don't know, I seem to be loosing everything since I became anorexic.

[meltingaway]

:D Hi fellow freaks! I'm bipolar too (and anorexic). Never sure which I hate most - full blown depression or full blown mania. I guess I hate them both for different reasons. And me for having it!

Chloe: I know what you mean about feeling like you're losing everything/not fitting in. I think most people go through their life with times when they don't fit in, but I associate LOTS of this feeling from being bipolar and from anorexia. It definitely puts strains on friendships. When I'm in mania my friends say I'm the centre of the party, but then when depression is there I can't leave the house, which confuses friends and convince myself they then hate me. It's hard, isn't it? Re. you mum - it's not quantity of friends, it's quality. There are always people who will want to be your friend and who you'll connect with - just sometimes hard to find them. Good luck xx

[jimmykane]

Hello. I'm new to all this, so bear with me. Basically, i would like to know how somebody knows whether they have bi polar or not, without a doctor's verdict. Now, i mean in no way to be condescending, and my lack of knowledge on the subject may not merit me to make such claims, but everything seemigly described by all of you, the extreme highs and lows, the eating disorders, the seclusion from other people, i have experienced too. Recently, everything seems to have spiralled, and without conciously choosing to do so, ive found that what i used to perceive as mere character traits have become far worse, and that despite my best efforts, i am becoming more and more self destructive by the day.

However, how can i tell if these are simply emotions, a natural fluctuation of feelings, and that mine are simply more pronounced than the average person? Also, i have found that whilst alone, the emotions are more stable, although not in a good way. I am left with a sense of emptiness, as if i have become hollow, and that i am simply 'existing' rather than living. This, i feel, is in stark contrast when with friends or other people, where the ecstasy is contrasted by deep resentment for anything and everything, especially myself; the trigger between the two is usually unknown, and can happen any time.

Cheers for reading, and if anyone can shed any light on any of this, thanks...i dont pretend to know what you guys are going through, and if what i am experiecing is merely the tip of the iceberg to what you are, im sorry for such apparent ignorance!!

[KRIS]

I have been diagnosed with bipolar (+ phycosis =D)

Just realised how much i've bumped this thread up, apologies.

[rowyn]

no worries about bumping! I was dx after a suicide attempt when i was 16, landed me in a hospital for a few days and then a psych ward for like 2 weeks. Anyway, the pdoc there thought i had bipolar; but no one on my tx team thinks sso. Though, he gave me a mood stabalizer and it's worked wonders!

[fallapart]

I'm Bipolar II but i tend to spend more time on the lows than on the hypomania :( but right now seems my meds are starting to be stabilizing me a bit little by little. finally coming out of the downward spiral i have been on the lasst couple months. :)

[MySweetheart]

Im Anorexic and I have Bipolar. Mean mix as im sure alot of you know, for me there is no easy way to deal with it... I just am what I am. It can result in cutting, crying, or bingeing and feeling even fucking worse the next day.

Ughh I feel like bingeing right now actually >_>

<3

[369DuneBunny]

I'm bipolar. I spent a year of my life in and out of psych wards.

The bipolar and the ED went hand in hand. the real lows made me not eat and the real highs made me not eat...

So when I was halfway level I would eat normally and my body would absorb the calories because it was in starvation mode from not eating and pack away food as fat storage instead of energy useage. Then I would get frustrated and feel gross about myself for gaining weight and I would spiral into a depression and stop eating... or stop eating then spiral into a depression...

dunno which happened first...

Then I saw food for what it really was... AN ENJOYMENT. a gift. sustenance. fuel...

I was no longer obsessed with eating it or not eating it. If I was hungry I ate. If i wasn't hungry - I didn't eat. That cured alot of my highs and lows.

[arotops09]

How much do you have in 6-9 and what are you asking? I could use it, especially if it is winter type clothes but money is a major issue for the next few weeks.