Journal Entry for February 24, 2008
February 24, 2008 1:27pm
well, just like i said it would, my anxiety about fieldy and my familys' health tipped off my bp symptoms...am i setting myself up for failure or …
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About Me
i'm diagnosed Bipolar II with an axis 2 anxiety/panic disorder. i'm a published poet. i do yoga and meditate every day. i have run the gambit of treatment from meds to ect and am trying to live a more balenced life, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. i am non-discriminating as to what i read...lots of things interest me, a result of all these years of racing thoughts i guess. i have a close familiy, a few very loyal friends and a dog that has dragged me from the depths more than once
Interests
i have a wonderful dog who demands attention almost as freely as i give it..i like to hike(weather and pup's bad hip permitting), i read, write and have just started scrapbooking. i am pretty active on myspace and love all kinds of movies from romantic comedies to slasher flicks. i prefer coffee houses to bars and bowl very dangerously(one day i hope to break the elusive triple digits but i'm not holding my breath) i tend to get lost in museums, in a good way, be they art, historical, or science and am always looking to help.
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Journal Entry for February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008 1:30pm
i'm past the point of worry today..i took yesterday off because i was so would up. i have to be careful because to much anxiety makes me …
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Journal Entry for February 20, 2008
February 20, 2008 4:51pm
i had my first one on one therapy session with Laurie today. she is very straightforward to the point of bluntness...i was talking about my …
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Journal Entry for February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008 8:42pm
i need a place to start..an introduction to me...so i guess that is here...i filled out this bulletin. a causual survey really that just asked …
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Close Bipolar Disorder
i was diagnosed in 1999 with Bipolar II along with anxiety/panic disorder. i was also a self-mutilator.(haven't in almost 3 years) i have had over 30 psych hospitalizations. i come from an alcoholic family and was shocked with how fast i went from being the hero child to being the scapegoat in one hospitalization. i have had one serious suicide attempt and several treatments that almost got the better of me but i'm still here. i'm generally depressed, rarely manic and always sardonic.
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- it worked well enough that you really enjoy the drug..dangerous stuff
- Depakote Working / Worked
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Too Soon to Tell
- i just started it one on one with my therapist because i was uncomfortable with the group setting..give me a few more weeks and i'll have a more informed opinion.
- Group Therapy Working / Worked
- it helps to have varied experiences to compare with your own but at the same time you have to take everything with a grain of salt and keep both your feelings and perceptions in perspective
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- it's one of my anti-depressants that is working with conjunction with all the other meds i'm on
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- helps me sleep
- Topamax Working / Worked
- helps more with my migraines than anything else
- Keppra Working / Worked
- helps with my night terrors
- Klonopin Working / Worked
- helps my anxiety and i don't findit as addictive as ativan
- Cymbalta Working / Worked
- anti-depressant but very easy to go manic on...i have a reg dose of 60 mg but my pdoc allows me to self regulate down to 30 if i have hypomanic symptoms
- Electroconvulsive therapy Not Working
- i had one round and it seemed to help but i was coming out of my depression anyway...the second time i had it i ended up in the hospital for four months and stopped talking...that was in 2001 i think..i am not sure if there are any hospitals around here that still use it as a treatment for bipolar.
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