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why do people keep making me miserable on purpose? both strangers on the internet and the ones close to me always hurt me for no reason whatsoever, feels great. this is literally one of the main reasons my depression has worsened, i literally cant escape it no matter what i do. therapy barely helps, and my own mother doesnt want me to have anti depressants. what do i even do at this point? im so ...

I'm currently taking Lithium for the mania side of my bi-polar and I've noticed a significant loss of creativity, which I need for work and art. Has anyone found a drug that doesn't have this side-effect?

After a year or so I am giving my liver a break(vacation). I have gained weight lost hair and no visible effect. I am tapering slowly but surely. I am still on occasional thorazine to sleep and agitation (if).
I hope this is not a trigger, do not follow me cause people are different with different needs and severity of illness.

For the longest time I thought I was ADHD just because my brother was. I didn't want to accept the fact that I was Bipolar 1. We seemed to act the same way, like increased energy, doing a million things at one time. We both became easily distracted but I talked a lot and interrupted others.

The sound of being ADHD seemed to be more accepted in society than being bipolar. My symptoms were more ...

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I wanted to get off the seroquel and my Dr prescribed me Latuda, thinks were going great, then I started to feel an 'uneasy' feeling in my stomach, it was tough to describe but 'uneasy' and 'soul less' is the best I can do, I think this is akathisia. after a few weeks of this I got suicidal and had to discontinue the Latuda.
Latuda worked so well at controlling my bipolor and I ...

Being diagnosed with Bipolar 1 with hypomania episodes has always caused excessive talking but most people were interested due to the accelerated thinking. Conversation was interesting with new ideas and off the wall topics. This changed after being diagnosed with metastasized cancer. I thought people were avoiding me because I talked about my cancer too much which causes sensory overload. When a friend or family member calls to find out how you're doing? What did ...

So I have this unusual symptom that's really been puzzling to me. I experience abdominal pain and anguish when I do things or even think about doing things. Even quite positive things I might otherwise enjoy, like reading, drawing, or watching a video. Almost everything triggers this pain and anguish. If I were to ignore and push through this pain and force myself to do many things, it could put me into an intense depression. ...

I'm new to this forum. I lived all my life dealing with Anxiety and Anger management problems going from job to job almost becoming homeless a few times and I would have ended up either in Prison or dead had I not walked into a VA clinic when I was in my late 40's because I wanted help with my Depression. The doctor stated I was Bipolar and that I was an easy read. I ...

I have just been diagnosed with Bipolar. I have been having cyclonic moods. Smoking seems to bring on mixed episodes. I do not want to go on lithium or psych meds. I think I can manage without it at this current point. Any tips on managing would be much regarded.

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I have a severe form of SAD that, unmedicated, leaves me in an unresponsive, almost catatonic state (i.e. I never needed a diaper, thankfully). Wellbutrin was a 100% cure for about 7 years but it stopped working, though at my worst now I'm still responsive, just with a delay. So not a serotonin condition at all! Serotonin medications never helped. It also starts in December and is worst in March, which is not ...