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Re: Do your meds make you dumb?
Why did u do ECT? It sounds like it doesn't help at all? Just curious...........I don't know anything about it.
Replied Nov. 11, 2009
Re: Do your meds make you dumb?
Try not to drop out. I felt the same way my junior year of college but I hung in there and got a BS. My friends kept telling me if I knew everything that I wouldn't have to take the class. You may le…
Replied Nov. 11, 2009
Has anyone done anything stupid while manic?
I have bipolar II and my mania mostly consists of hypersexuality. I sleep with men I don't know and put my life at risk everytime I do it. I was good for about a month but last night it happened agai…
Replied Oct. 31, 2009
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Why did u do ECT? It sounds like it doesn't help at all? Just curious...........I don't know anything about it.
Try not to drop out. I felt the same way my junior year of college but I hung in there and got a BS. My friends kept telling me if I knew everything that I wouldn't have to take the class. You may learn slower and have to work a little harder but yo…
I think I know what you mean. While I had the times of depression before taking these meds, I generally had more of 'an edge', although some of that was the mania times.
I agree that the trade-off is good, but I'm considering dropping out of my onli…
That's great news, Mozart. Congratulations to you all!
I wouldn't use the term dumb, I would say my meds make me numb. Prior to my illness, I managed on OB GYN office. And I was damn good at it. Now I feel like I can't walk and chew gum at the same time. I also have a hard time gathering my thoughts and…
sometimes i wonder if the only thing i have to give is love.
i know for a fact love is not enough.
I started having depression symptoms around age 20or or 21 but did not know what it was. I did not seek professional help until I was around 28. I went through just about every depression med out there. Finally about 2 years ago I was diagnosed with…
I have bipolar II and my mania mostly consists of hypersexuality. I sleep with men I don't know and put my life at risk everytime I do it. I was good for about a month but last night it happened again. I used to think I was just a slut but now I kno…
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Eh, my short term memory sucks, big time. Meds or menopause, or both? Who the heck knows? I just have paper and pen close by all the time to write notes to remind myself of stuff. Plus my son keeps me straight, lolol.
Oh, dymphna, your post really rang home to me! Our only birth daughter (had her when I was only 34, took nine years to conceive at all) was born with Down syndrome. The heart defect killed her at age 6 and my late husband and I were devastated.
But…
i was talking to my therapist about this.
heres some sites on probability, for those who are curious what the interweb says.
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the weird thing is that if i adopted, i would adopt special needs children. i dont want…
i should hope not! i started the meds when i was 14. lol
but if my periods stop, i could forgive the fogginess (WEG)
No, they've made me smarter, than I was when I started taking them
I went for so many years with it untreated that it affected my cognitive abilities or at least that is what I understand happened. I have a degree in computer science with a minor i…
I had two children before BP2 and they're fine. My daughter might be the questionable one but who knows...it might just be that girl attitude! !
Hear, hear. I wouldn't change a thing about having my child. She's the best thing that's happened to me and at times kept me sane. I'm not saying that other people should have children since it's a very individual decision. I had many expectations f…
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- At 4:54pm on October 25, 2009,
Summerbreeze said… - Hi Heather, I hope your day has been going well. I just wanted you to know I sent you a private message yesterday, you just need to check your inbox.
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