purplexs’s Profile

About Me

I have Bi Polar 2 and was recently semi diognosed, I suffer from Depression, anxiety, hypmania but not psycotic, although I have gone into some rages - but not so many in recent years. I feel I have had this since my teens. I am on a moderant amount of fluvoxamine (100mg), which helps alot, but I rapid cycle about every three months ( wheather on antidespresants or not) but when I am on them I have less up and downs on a daily and weekly basis so the rollercaost ride is easier to manage and with Self Management ! I have a very supportive company that I work for and two great managers. I am a single mother working about 35 hrs a week.I work in human services as a support worker. I love animals, music, movies and the bush, and anything else - like the developement of people, ancient history and early man etc. At work I am very friendly and extrovert, some times funny, often vivasious - seeming to be confident and very positive, usually with heaps of energy. But at home I am a recluse most of the time. I dont have many friends and the ones I do have I often dont see as I would rather be on my onw trying to cope. I have lost alot of friends.

Interests

The Bush, Animals, horses, current and world affairs, documentaries especially about early man and space. I play a lot of backgammon on the internet - it helps me to settle my emotions- but i get a bit addicted to it.