What I've learned is I can't control my feelings when my brain decides to be like that, but what I can control are my reactions to those feelings. It takes a bit to figure out but I know that that snide comment was said by an asshole and it makes ya feel those feelings, but remember that you've now experienced the task you are doing and what went wrong and you learn from that. Learn from that so next time you can be prepared for the situation. Eventually I forget what the snide comment was (or I stop caring because I'm focused on my job rather than on the comment).
Idk if I explained it well, but subvert your attention to something else if you can and those feelings will stop bothering you as much. Also if it helps, I tend to make up a ton of juicy comebacks I could've said to the snide comment and that makes things better sometimes.
In any case, this is gonna happen again, it's what you do with the situation that counts. What's cool is you recognize those feelings and are trying to figure it out. That's the first step in learning how to control your reactions to those emotions. You are a strong, good person and are doing what you can to live in this fucked up society. It was good of you to comment here if that's what helps you :) you ain't alone in this! Ttyl
Thank you so much for your post. For a long time I have been in the mode of just take my pills and soldier on, but I am finally realizing there is more to it than that. Reading things that about coping and redirecting have been helping, but for whatever reason today just broke me. Thank you so much for being there. I am so happy to have found this group.
I'm so glad you found us! And I'm sorry you're having a crappy day. Sometimes things do just break us out of nowhere, and we are left to pick up the pieces. I hope you were able to get some distance from the worst moment of the day and maybe just a drop of peace in there somewhere tonight.
It would be interesting to see how the results track across cohorts based on rates of physical discipline during childhood. I assume their would be a downward trend of physical discipline as we progress through birthyears, and it would be interesting to see whether that was reflected in the rates measured.
Hello and allow me to join you in saying... fuck bipolar! Welcome to the community, please feel free to contribute content and ask for support when you need it. We have to stick together!
Do yourself a major favor: buy a used kayak. doesnt matter if it is a rec boat or a hardcore whitewater boat, they drop to half their value quick and tons of people buy them and quickly lose interest. the rest of us collect tons of them for different uses.
I half-heartedly tried therapy. First visit I told her one topic was off limits. Second, she pushed and I reminded her it was off limits. Third time, she spent most of the visit trying to get me to talk about it. $70 a week to talk about things I'm super busy trying to repress... pass lmao
Some therapists just aren't good. She shouldn't push for something you've explicitly stated is off limits. The saying is "start where the client's at" not "push the client to start where you feel is appropriate." I'm sorry you had that experience.
Not really sure where this list came from, but I have a lot to add! Pharmacy background (not a doctor) here (in the US so YMMV) and Bipolar 2 with anxiety features and ADHD. I am only speaking from my educational background and this is most certainly not medical advice.
Typically these days AEDs are first line along with antipsychotics if the patient is distressed. Personally I take Lamictal and used to keep an emergency stash of antipsychotics but I don’t metabolize them well. Lithium seems to be a last resort kind of thing because of the small therapeutic range. It’s hard to ensure continuous blood level monitoring, but from what I hear from other pts is good things.
Drugs affecting serotonin should be used with extreme caution. These primarily include SSRIs SNRIs but also some drugs you might not expect. Trazodone indicated for sleep, buspirone indicated for anxiety, Zolfran indicated for nausea are a few on the top off my head but is not an exhaustive list. The fastest I have ever achieved hypomania was buspirone in about 2 weeks. In comparison it took about 4 months for Zoloft.
Benzodiazepines are the black sheep in pharmaceuticals in my opinion. The therapeutic range is huge so the odds of overdose are near 0. Primarily for anxiety, some of these drugs have a very mild mood stabilization effect. They also help reduce excess movement tardive diskenesia from long term antipsychotic use. Personally, I have never had to increase my dose and have been on a regular low dose schedule for about 4 years, but they can be addictive.
Beta blockers- Propranolol is unique in that it’s not selective as to which beta receptors it affects. Long story short, can prevent adrenaline rushes and in turn prevent anxiety attacks.
Stimulants are typically not advised but I’m sure a lot of people on here have comorbid adhd and can understand the value. Data on this is a bit polarized (pun intended). My opinion that is purely anecdotal to my experiences trying to find the right treatment is that providers only seem to care about preventing mania and rarely seem concerned about all the other facets of mental health once the BD is slapped on my chart. I’m lucky after 15 years to have found a provider who treats me as a whole person and sees that if I cannot manage my hyperactivity and regulate my emotions, then I say or do things impulsively that end up growing into larger mood episodes.
Sorry for editorializing this so much. I find chemistry fascinating
Thank you for such an insightful comment! Lots of great info here.
Drugs affecting serotonin should be used with extreme caution. These primarily include SSRIs SNRIs but also some drugs you might not expect.
Definitely agree. I may add a link to some antidepressant research in this post for educational purposes.
My opinion that is purely anecdotal to my experiences trying to find the right treatment is that providers only seem to care about preventing mania and rarely seem concerned about all the other facets of mental health once the BD is slapped on my chart.
I feel this so much. I'm so lucky to have my psychiatrist who sees me holistically. I also have ADHD and take dextroamphetamine. My life changed in an instant when I started on stimulants, I actually could function. They have not triggered any manic episodes; I'm also on lamotrigine, and it keeps me pretty stable.
If you would like to lookup your medications, here is the NLM website. Just type in the drug, select any form (tablet, capsule, etc) and look for package insert information.
I recently did this with lamictal as I’ve been on it since 2016 and found it to have a new black box warning about heart issues that I wish had been known before I had said heart issues.
While finding out your dose did you ever get songs playing in your head absolutely non stop? Around 125-150 I seriously had my own personal radio station going on 24/7. I then looked on Reddit and it is supposedly a thing
Hmmm, I honestly don't remember, it's been a while. But I am familiar with the feeling of having a radio station in my head, so it may very well be related.
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