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kimberly19426

Bipolar I; Ultraradian Cycling; Personality Disorder, skitzoaffec

posted 08/18/2008, comments (0)

Anyone to provide stories of how they successully got off benzies like Ativan? and what next?

My new psych told me on my first vist that I had to get off Ativan urgently. I have been taking it for about 15 years, first to sleep, then to wore down to allowing me to take the edge off. He cut my Ativan in half from 6mg to 3mg within a day and said that he will not relace it with anything else, although I know that low does of... Read more Chevron

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ROBIN

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posted 08/17/2008, comment (1)

tierd of the same old thing

I am a 43yr old woman who was diagnoised with bipolar.I have lived a lifetime in that time.Several hospitalizations, medications to many to count, It has only been in the las 6 months that I have begun to feel "normal" (hate that word). I owe my very life to my therapist. He is not an MD he does have a PHD. I have a new DR for meds she has just... Read more Chevron

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Vicki

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posted 08/17/2008, comments (22)

Why do the spouses of bipolar take all the abuse?

Hi-I've been with my husband for 7 years. October 2007 he was diagnosed with Bipolar., I have studied this illness. Can someone help me understand why they are so abusive and degrading to their spouses but outside of the home everyone just loves them? I read the article...Along for the rollercoaster ride. It mentioned... Read more Chevron

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tas2000

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30, married, 4 young children, diagnosed 4 years ago, struggling

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posted 08/17/2008, comments (5)

How do i get past the aguish, helplessness and sadness of my mother? And get on with my life.

My mother had BP. One spring morning on April 28, 1994...I found my mother laying on her side covered up with her blankets in bed. I was 15 and thought she was sleeping. As a few hours went by she didn't get up. I went to her bedside and she looked weird, cold to touch, and no pigment of pink to her anymore. I called 911 and said that my mother... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/16/2008, comments (6)

criminal abuse

my family member is bipolar, she is evil deceptive, has hard core feelings on anything that does not go her way and trys to controls everything nobody is right but her, we get a few thousand a month as tribal members and never have to worry about anything.yes she has used drugs but i think she is clean now..she is mean to her children has... Read more Chevron

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