News of Bipolar Disorder Forum

Hey guys, I'm new to the Bipolar forum. How do you feel about and deal with the stigma associated with being (is there an acronym?) Bipolar?

I thought it was bad enough when I was diagnosed with depression but now that the negative stigma of it has lessened, I've advanced to Bipolar.

I'm 32 years old and I look back at my life and wonder what could have been different if I would have know ...

Hi all,

I'm slightly concerned with the weight loss I'm experiencing now that I'm on Seroquel. This is the first time I've been on Seroquel, and I've been taking it for 2 weeks and have already lost 10 pounds. The thing is, I've always been very slender, and cannot afford to lose weight really.

I'm not eating less, I am eating the same diet I always have. No exercise either. I'm just wondering if anybody ...

Can you still be paranoid if you think you are being paranoid.

I know I am being paranoid so maybe I am not paranoid if I know it. What is it if you know you are being paranoid?

Sometimes my rational brain and paranoid brain think at the same time and I know I am being paranoid and rationally I can think it through but my feeling of paranois is stronger that my rational thinking. ...

not depressed (or manic)?? Why do I overlook and forget stupid things?

I've been really tired lately and just tonight (after 3 weeks of my most recent prescription) realized that I had been taking 250mg instead of 150mg of my sleep aid.
I also made a new schedule for the school to slot in kids who need academic support. I distributed this new schedule to the teachers but forgot to send a note to the ...

Hey all, pretty new to the site. Was just hoping to get some feedback on the situation.

I have been with my boyfriend for about 14 months, but we were good friends for about 4 or 5 years before we started dating. With that said, everything started out smoothly and we always got along great. For the past 6 months, however, there have been intervals of rockyness as well as intervals of things being fine. ...

I was in the shopping market. I only had a few items so went to express. I had bananas, oatmeal, fibre cereal, rye bread, and other "healthy" things. Then I had a milk carton of chocolate milk (is that really so bad???).

So this guy ahead of me says, "Chocolate milk is healthier than beer. Men drink beer and pop so they can burp." LMAO And I was like, "Wtf dude???" No, I just turned ...

Hi i'm a new member here.I was diagnosed with Bipolar a year ago but I still havent got my head around it all if im honest.When I was first diagnosed they said I was having a mixed episode but looking back it was all a blur really as things were so messed up. Basically im confused as to whats going on at the moment.I feel low, to the point where I want to stop doing ...

hi my name is Dax and I was just diagnosed with extreme mood disorder. I don't know what it is but I am very sad because I feel weird about myself now. I am not trying to be rude but I feel like a misfit. I have always been anti-social and moody but didn't think anything of it. Does anyone know what extreme mood disorder is exactly? Everytime I google it the results are for ...

I know that this is an antidepressant to an extent but is very commonly used off-label as a sleep aid. My doctor (one of them along the way of changing cities) said that this is sort of a "failed antidepressant"-- that its effects are not strong enough to qualify as having much (if any) antidepressant properties. Yet... it is classified as an antidepressant and actually only used off-label for sleep.

I think I should decrease ...

Tried tamazepam and that didnt work so my gp has prescribed haloperidol. It doesn't say anything about being a sleeping tablet on it though and I am a bit confused by this.