Bipolar
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Triad2000 said:
Just saw this as it was moved from SC. It was quite a good program.
I was diagnosed as bipolar (amongst other things) when I was young. I had a period of pretty much enforced medication (the usual crap; lithium, prozac, amitriptyline...) which did nothing but kill my mania and had me stuck in that empty step before depression.
I took myself off meds when I was 16 (although I had been 'not taking' them for about 14 months by that point) and since then I've just let whatever happens...Happen.
Mania manifests itself in me as uninterruptable energy, constant multitasking (watching TV whilst reading and talking to someone...that kind of thing - a need to be busy), boundless enthusiasm, a disturbingly high sex drive and so on...And my personality traits become emphasised; I become more antagonistic, more sarcastic, more of an annoying bolshie, and I also become much closer to those I care about.
(If it hasn't been apparant, I've been manic since *checks diary* February 12th.
)When depressive, I basically turn into a shell. An "Emotional Flatline" (as mygirlfriend puts it). Luckily, my depressive episodes rarely last longer than a month and I know they'll pass eventually so I just wait them out.
Personally, I am glad that I don't use medication; I love being manic.
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