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Hi saw my psychiatrist today and I didn't mention how I felt. He didn't go near the deep stuff we discussed on Friday. He just talked about my kids and focused on the positive side of things. I do feel a little bit better bu5 now I don't see him until Wed
I'm wondering if anybody here is a creative person (i.e. writer/painter/sculptor/musician, ect.) who has found that their ability to create has withered/dried up due to their depression? If so, have any of you found any effective ways of remedying this pa
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Hi I've been diagnosed as bipolar 2 rapid cycling. I was diagnosed in October but am now struggling with accepting that I have it and it's not just a bad temper at times or good days when I'm a little hyper.Has anyone else struggled with their diagnosis s
hi, does anybody know if anti-psychotics affects the baby if i'm pregnant ? does the baby have autism ? has anybody had a baby and been on anti-psychotics ? is the baby normal?
I want to go home so badly. I don't belong here. I can't distract and I'm not used to so many people. This is making my paranoia worse. I'm not good alone or amongst the other patients. I sit in front of nurses station and I told them I need to go home no
Hi everyone, I'm a young adult and starting to figure my life out. Now that I understand more about myself and bipolarity, I realised that depression is very common in bipolar.I'm always very happy (often ecstatic). I also can turn furious at any sec
Last week my husband ran past me an idea for close family and friends to understand me better.He decided to send them all a text out lining I have Biploar, that it is common and a real illness and to forget all there perceived ideas on it. He sent them tw
hi, seeking some guidance... i have been a self harmer for about 17yrs on and off. Its been a couple of years since last time. im having urge to do it again, memories of past trauma have been haunting me, i have so much energy in me that i meed to release
I dont speak to my aunty as she's always caused trouble. I suspect she's has always had some type of mental illness. She uses drugs I think back in the day it was more hardcore stuff but these days mostly pill and weed. I couldn't say what exactly. She is
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