Bi polar

If anyone is interested Bill oddie is saying what it is like to live with I think radio 4 but not certain

I didn't know he suffered from it   

my cousin is bi polar she used to go from one extrame to other

It's a terrible illness yeah bill odie is a sufferer.

must admit I think I have a touch of it   

i'm sure they used to call it manic depression before they call it bi polar

Then yes I defo have it!   

Steve wrote:i'm sure they used to call it manic depression before they call it bi polar

Yes. Spike Milligan suffered with manic depression. It would be classed as bi polar if he was alive today  

my cosin was really bad she used to go on wild weekend taking drug sleeping with 2/3 blokes at time go back home on monday and she used then go in a right depression....

Inez you need a pdoc to dx you and put you on stabalis meds and I really do hope you have not

Steve yes that is one of the major problems when they go high they have nothing to worry about spend lots sleep around disappear for days sometime weeks the one thing the pdocs hate most Is someone who lives with it and are high with their MD they say that is the worst that is if they will go and see pdoc xx

i can remember one family party she was taking her bi polar pill an drinking she lost the plot she was throwing pints glass at me and my sister  

I have been known to throw the odd tv or 2! must say though after having meds for clinical depression for 3 years can actually see the signs now and manage it   

That's really good Hun and what I am aiming for   

Oh saz I hope you do not live with it

Steve I hope your sister was ok after that,

Inez you know what your signs are and deal with it

           

Sazzle wrote:That's really good Hun and what I am aiming for   

It does take time hun but you will get there, one day its like a light being turned on. But knowing the signs and pulling yourself back before it gets dark is the key Xxx

Had it and anxiety since my teens lol

Col   such an awful illness and very much overlooked!   

Only people who have suffered this terrible illness can understand what it's like. So difficult to talk openly about it  

It is Sheila, I just felt like I was in such a dark hole and no matter how much I climbed just kept slipping back down xx

Inez Maria wrote:

Sazzle wrote:That's really good Hun and what I am aiming for   

It does take time hun but you will get there, one day its like a light being turned on. But knowing the signs and pulling yourself back before it gets dark is the key Xxx

yeah I've come a long way these last few years since I was honest with the doctor and asked for help! Like col I have actually suffered since my early teens, I don't have bipolar, just the depression, I don't get the mania. My aim is to get off the meds now and control it like you do xx

shegsy wrote:Only people who have suffered this terrible illness can understand what it's like. So difficult to talk openly about it  

it is, I never discussed it with anyone, i had convinced myself I was crazy and if I told the doctor how I felt I would get locked up! Sounds so silly now!

The problem being, people put a face on and hide it within themselves. Acknowledging the problem and getting help is a start.
Saz just what you have done - is good. My depression started in my mid twenties and got help. Have managed it over the years but always seems to be there in the background x

Yeah I've accepted it won't just go away, have to learn to control it rather than let it control me!

Ive got anxiety and depression, its horrible cannae imagine what bi polars like

my mum PND after giving birth me she didn't want to know me, she was very close going into Hospital for it

Very true Sheila its always there as you say in the background, also took me years to go to doc. And things got quite serious before I did. Actually had a knife to my then partner, which wasnt me at all mind there were other factors to that breaking point xx

Just to say you do not need to have the manic and the depressive you can also have one,
there is also cylcothemia not quite as intence as BP but still not nice to live with it

Inez Maria wrote:Very true Sheila its always there as you say in the background, also took me years to go to doc. And things got quite serious before I did. Actually had a knife to my then partner, which wasnt me at all mind there were other factors to that breaking point xx

wow you've come a really long way then   xx

buddy boy wrote:Just to say you do not need to have the manic and the depressive you can also have one,
there is also cylcothemia not quite as intence as BP but still not nice to live with it

I didn't know that, I thought bipolar was when you have the mania followed by depression in cycles

Thanks Saz it was a struggle but so worth having the meds xxx

Yeah they have helped me   

Right let's leave this dark convo and go over to piglets for a drink  

I don't see this as a dark convo, but an adult discussion about mental illness. we are much more open here talking about it, no different to breaking a leg

any way have a nice evening love to you all x

Cyclothymia is now known as bipolar 1.   

What makes you sat that Claire?

saz inez and I have probably forgotten some

you are doing great knowing the signs are good so you can be aware of what might be happening.

Steeve is something you have in your genes, it normally shows its ugly head at puberty, birth, and the menopause. This are all hormonal times if some one is predisposed to BP.

BP depression at child birth is known as peripheral depression and only pertaines to people who live with bp.
Of course people get the PND,

lots of love to you all who either live with it or live in the shadow of it.

I think more people suffer from this than anyone would realise. Had heard that Bill Odie was a sufferer and not sure if this is why he was pulled out of the Springwatch series, I hope not.

I have also from depression for quite a while, it had been undiagnosed for years until I went to see a new doctor when I moved home a few years ago. Got chatting and it all came out, thankfully she is a great doctor that I can chat to and now have medication for it.

buddy boy wrote:What makes you sat that Claire?

saz inez and I have probably forgotten some

you are doing great knowing the signs  are good so you can be aware of what might be happening.

Steeve is something you have in your genes, it normally shows its ugly head at puberty, birth, and the menopause. This are all hormonal times if some one is predisposed to BP.

BP  depression at child birth is known as peripheral depression and only pertaines to people who live with bp.
Of course people get the PND,

lots of love to you all who either live with it or live in the shadow of it.

I know about these thing Buddster. There is also a type of PND called Puerperal Psychosis which can often result in hospitalisation for the Mother for hers and the baby's safety. You can also have BP and have only a couple of manic episodes and the rest depression.