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    About Me

    I am a happy mother to three cute kids and a happily married woman. I am a professional as well with bipolar disorder. This is all new to me and I am hoping to find support. I had a severe manic episode/psychotic mania in January and I am learning to cope well. This site has helped me so much as I am learning about BP disorder.

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    I just started a blog and hope people will find it somewhat helpful/fascinating. www.bipolarpeoplerock.blogspot.com I love to sing and I don't think I'm bad at it. I love to read books on BP disorder because they help me cope as well as educate me. I love watching TV and laughing. I like Last Comic Standing, Top Chef, Project Runway, Survivor, Ellen, and much much more! If I had time, I would play volleyball, do some volunteer work, and work out more. I'm not much of a cook but love to watch cooking shows on TV. I just got my master's degree in Communication Studies and I am excited about that. I love going to the movies although I haven't gone in quite a while. I LOVE spending time with my family: going to the park, seeing nature, and anything else really. I also love talking to people as I'm in the talking field. By the way, I love to teach anything that has to do with communication and my dream is to some day be a professor in Intercultural Communication. For now, I am looking to teach at a junior college. I have experience teaching public speaking to undergrads so I do love to teach.

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    • Hope I'm not getting too manic

      Mood June 22, 2008 2:59am

      This is the third night I haven't been able to get to sleep. My mood seems pretty stable and I just did the dishes and it's 12 …
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    • Journal Entry for May 2, 2008

      Mood May 2, 2008 2:16am

    • Accepting Me

      Mood May 2, 2008 2:09am

      I keep thinking about my psychoses and can't stop thinking about them.

      When I was 14 years old, I heard robotic voices in my head and they  …

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      From jennilyn June 18

      Thanks for reading my journal entry =)

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      From lintz69 June 14

      you can goto 1and1.com and pick up the domain name. I think it's 5.99 per year. Then you just need hosting. I think 1&1 has hosting for like $3 a month? I have a server and offer hosting if its only a blog for you for free. Or you could just point the domain name to blogspot.

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      From lintz69 June 9

      awesome. I too keep a blog/poetry. http://www.joshslusser.com Feel free to check out my poetry. Its mostly manic written lol. Also I blog on there. If you ever want hosting not on blogspot let me know. I host websites(not many) for free or next to it. You could have bipolarrocks.com hehe

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      From jennilyn June 8

      :)

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      From mrlia6222 May 13

      Hi Koala Thank you for responding to How to Cope..As the days go bye, I have been reading more and more, and maybe the doctors be right....I mean I wonder still..I am 46 seems a little old to be bipolar..I have held down fulltime jobs for years, actually I have had maybe 5 jobs my whole life...I don't know...

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    • Close Bipolar Disorder

      I just recently got diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At first, the doctors said I had postpartum depression as well but now it's just bipolar. I am feeling very confused but really trying to stay positive. I have three children and I am a professional worried about my job of course. I don't want to be known as the "crazy lady." I know I will be fine with good medication, doctors, and a good support network. I can actually laugh at some stuff from my manic episodes. I have so many stories.

      Treatments

      Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
      Lamictal Working / Worked
      Risperdal Working / Worked
      Worked so well during a severe manic episode. I had to cut back though after a while because I got muscle stiffness and felt spaced out. Was taking 2.5 mg and now on 1mg. This is very potent.
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