I'm coming out of a depressive episode and I'm only now realizing that I'm smelling odors in the air that I haven't smelled in years, has this ever happened to you? submitted by /u/Artistic-Art-3653 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’ve been struggling with my bipolar disorder since 2018. I’ve been in and out of mental hospitals and I’ve lost a lot of people along the way who didn’t understand or care to understand what I was going through. I’ve made dumb decisions while being manic and now I’m at the point where I feel like I can’t bounce back from this. I feel so low and sad daily. I just lay in bed wishing I wasn’t here anymore. I want to be strong and enjoy life but it’s hard when you’ve messed up so much. How do I change my mindset and be the person I was destined to be and not let this disorder define who I am? s ..read more

tw: suicide/self harm I've been battling this issue for over three years now I've been through issues time and time again and about 6 months ago I finally felt like I had gotten control over it without meds but these past couple months its been absolutely different everything about it is different the way I feel, how my brain is wired and I feel like an idiot I can't make good decisions I'm horrendously tired and I feel like I can't think for myself I feel like I cry every two days and I get overwhelmed so easily and any type of stress is amplified tenfold I never thought I could ever do a cu ..read more

I'm on an antipsychotic called haloperidol (injection). My doctor told me that depakote is the only alternative and that it causes infertility. What are the mood stabilizers that are for bipolar (I don't get depression only mania infrequently). submitted by /u/sgtsixpack [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

So I have been going to dbsa meetings on zoom for a while now. And I have noticed, because I'm not stupid, that there are quite a few imposters and Pretenders in those groups. The only reason I can figure that they are there is to troll mentally ill people. I cannot understand or wrap my brain around the type of person who will do this but I have come up with a profile. They are generally millennials and they never self-identify as bipolar. In fact they will say the complete opposite, either that they are unipolar with major depressive disorder, or that they have schizoaffective disorder. Any ..read more

Randomly got a call from my psych the other day saying he wants to talk to me about the long term effects of taking lithium. Been on it about 7 years now. Anyone else have this experience ? I know every med has side effects but damn did lithium save my life ? submitted by /u/Tallbitchnamedrhyse [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi all! Starting when i was a teenager I took birth control pills and skipped the “off” weeks, then around age 19 got a hormonal iud (Kyleena i believe) then a year or so ago i had it replaced with another Kyleena IUD. Never had periods on the pills or IUDS, and before I used to take birth control I only had a period every year or so. Very odd the regular routine exams and tests never showed anything wrong with me. My question is that I havent felt stable in a very long time. With the Kyleena I gained a lot of weight and have had acne from it as well the whole time. I want to change from the ..read more

Have any of you seen this documentary, "A Summer in the Cage"? It is really good. "Tell the story of Sam Murchison who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the summer of 2000 and show his life journey in the next 6 years living with mental illness!" Feel free to post/discuss after watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5t7Uxg0Uw submitted by /u/Method_Writer [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

you know the experience of saying something to yourself in your head BUT it's random phrases I don't control and they keep popping up every few seconds..e.g "that was yesterday" or "the more the merrier" or "it sure does". When I explained it to my doctor in passing he said it's OCD but I don't have other ocd symptoms and no meds yet stopped this. It really feels like being very sleep deprived but even when I sleep well it still happens all day :( it started a few years ago and it never went away submitted by /u/No-Temperature-5956 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I was manic for 3 weeks but it was bizarre because I was still sleeping 7-9 hours. I was consuming lots of alcohol which has been my problem many times in the past. I finally quit for the first time. Took 20 years to do. Wish I did it sooner ? . I wasn’t feeling extremely high though. I wasn’t talking fast or had racing thoughts and People who didn’t know me wouldn’t think I was manic, but the things I said esp to family, and done to friends and most facebook were so embarrassing that I’m having a hard time living with myself because everyone knows me as now crazy…and yes I spent more money t ..read more