fa-la-la-lahprim_rose_ettaDecember 26 2010, 00:03:42 UTC
My sing-thing for at least a few months has been the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack, but especially Ewan McGregor's cover of Elton John's "Your Song" - I can sing with it on Single-Repeat for 20 times before I let it pick up with the rest of the songs.
My sympathies on the Clinical D. I've battled mild Bi-Polar Disorder [Cyclothymia] all my life and only began improving 15 yrs ago when I had a nervous breakdown resulting in my beginning to try various med protocols along with very insightful Cognitive Behavior Mod therapy. It took me several years of really-not-good-enough meds until the present combo [Welbutrin + Lamictal/mood-stabilizer] really supports a large amount of 'normal' mood/behavior.
But the augment to meds that finally cements their beneficial effect is the biofeedback training I started a couple years ago with a psych who offers it for mood control. It's really assisted-meditation training which I wondered what was all about at first. Then after about 4 mos I totally 'got' it when I realized that all those times I usually need to suppress myself from going ballistic in 3 nanosecs over some trigger or another -- Didn't Need To Happen Anymore bcz I wasn't losing it like that anymore. Wow - it's basically, the weekly training produces a persistently calm mood.
Best Wishes Jen and Happy Holidays to you and yours! <3
Re: fa-la-la-lahprim_rose_ettaDecember 26 2010, 00:32:12 UTC
I've been away from LJ and Fandom for a long time -- only now is it coming back to me that I already regaled you years ago with the whole med-rundown -- which you explained simply isn't for you -- srry for the repeat!
However, the mood-control bio=feedback is new and works for Clinical D not just Hypomania. :0)
My sympathies on the Clinical D. I've battled mild Bi-Polar Disorder [Cyclothymia] all my life and only began improving 15 yrs ago when I had a nervous breakdown resulting in my beginning to try various med protocols along with very insightful Cognitive Behavior Mod therapy. It took me several years of really-not-good-enough meds until the present combo [Welbutrin + Lamictal/mood-stabilizer] really supports a large amount of 'normal' mood/behavior.
But the augment to meds that finally cements their beneficial effect is the biofeedback training I started a couple years ago with a psych who offers it for mood control. It's really assisted-meditation training which I wondered what was all about at first. Then after about 4 mos I totally 'got' it when I realized that all those times I usually need to suppress myself from going ballistic in 3 nanosecs over some trigger or another -- Didn't Need To Happen Anymore bcz I wasn't losing it like that anymore. Wow - it's basically, the weekly training produces a persistently calm mood.
Best Wishes Jen and Happy Holidays to you and yours! <3
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However, the mood-control bio=feedback is new and works for Clinical D not just Hypomania. :0)
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