Thought this may be of interest to some people. I have been diagnosed as Bipolar II but my pdoc has also referred to mixed anxiety disorder in the past.

Crossposted on several comms - apologies if this shows up multiple times in your flist page.

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Hey, all. I haven't really been around LJ much lately. I'm working on a story that chronicles repeated involuntary commitments and bipolar psychosis. I would love it if any of you wanted to read it and give any feedback. It's so difficult to describe, and I'm aware that it's not the same for everyone. Anyway, I hope some of you can relate and ( Read more... )

i have to post this.

a family that we know really well is in crisis.  immediate, horrible, dangerous crisis.  and i have no idea what to do.

( cut for triggering content and some desperation... )

So finally back to posting haven't been here in a while so much going on lately. My sister had to pick up my Autistic nephew from school the other day because he was acting so strange. He was in the car with my sister the other day and out of know where he goes mom, turn up the music I can't hear this is my favorite song, but the radio wasn't even ( Read more... )

( i hate doing cliche 'n00b posts'... )

Monday I had what I can only refer to as a psychotic breakdown.

I got in my car and I could smell animal. I thought there was a squirrel in my car or something. I tried to calm myself down by saying to myself that the smell was probably my dogs on my jacket. I sniffed, and my jacket smelled like nothing.

I start F-R-E-A-K-I-N-G OUT.

I am then ( Read more... )

I was diagnosed bipolar when I was 16, but started taking meds when I was 18 (almost 22 now). All throughout elementary/high school I was a 4.0 student and I graduated with college credits. After that, I went away to college and did extremely well. Then I got mono and had to drop out. I then became very depressed and the mood swings hit me with a ( Read more... )

 I have been having some trouble lately and I am trying to understand what is happening to me.

I have been having trouble speaking lately.  On tuesday, when I came home from work, I had trouble speaking.  And on Thursday night, I felt like crying and I ended up screaming hysterically and I had trouble speaking normal.  Sometimes I speak really ( Read more... )

Hey there. My name's Natalia, but you can call me Talia or Tal. I'm a complicated person with equally complicated problems, but I'll try to minimize my wordage. I tend to over-write ( Read more... )

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