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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:43 pm
OK welll this guild is official dead like no one ever posts and it's really sad. So let's all introduce ourseleves and our life stories again so that we can make some more conversations. Well any ways here follow this:
Name:
Age when diagnosed:
Bipolar/Non-bipolar:
History:
How did you deal with it at first?:
How has it affected your social life?:
What were your friends and families first reactions?:
How's life going for you now?:
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?:
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:15 pm
Name: Rorek/Robyn
Age when diagnosed: 16
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: Bi-polar
History: Long long story. If you want to know stuff ask.
How did you deal with it at first?: Denial
How has it affected your social life?: It hasn't that I am aware of.
What were your friends and families first reactions?: They thought I was misdiagnosed.
How's life going for you now?: So-so.
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar? biggrin rastic mood swings and frequent depression.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:14 pm
Name: Tonya
Age when diagnosed: 15
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: Bipolar
History: Uh..rather long ..if you want to know more ask or PM me
How did you deal with it at first?: cutting
How has it affected your social life?: It has caused some problems
What were your friends and families first reactions?: Dont know..never told me
How's life going for you now?: alright i guess
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?: Rapid mood swings, deep depressions , controlling manic...etc
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:43 pm
I assume chatting in this thread is approved? If so, Kits, I never really thought of being manic as something that needed controlling. I mean sure it's a bit off the wall but that's what most of my friends love about me, those insane times.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:46 pm
Rorek I assume chatting in this thread is approved? If so, Kits, I never really thought of being manic as something that needed controlling. I mean sure it's a bit off the wall but that's what most of my friends love about me, those insane times. yea same here..i guess i kinda worded it wrong...some people dont like it when i get manic..But to tell you the truth I love having those highs mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:58 am
Komanda Kits Rorek I assume chatting in this thread is approved? If so, Kits, I never really thought of being manic as something that needed controlling. I mean sure it's a bit off the wall but that's what most of my friends love about me, those insane times. yea same here..i guess i kinda worded it wrong...some people dont like it when i get manic..But to tell you the truth I love having those highs mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:51 pm
Name: Rachel/Hershey
Age when diagnosed: 9 or 10, with symptoms. Started treatment. Official diagnosis at 16 or 17.
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: Bipolar. D:
History: Really long story. x.x It's been posted somewhere, I think.
How did you deal with it at first? Denial. A lot of it.
How's it affected your social life? People worry about me, so I hide it from them. x.x
Friends and families first reactions: s**t, I don't even remember.
How's life going for you now? Been unmedicated almost 5 months. I have my bad moments and my good ones.
Hardest part of being bipolar: Either the psychosis, or just how unfair it is having a 1 in 4 chance of offing myself if I don't live out of a pill bottle.
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:54 pm
Rorek Komanda Kits Rorek I assume chatting in this thread is approved? If so, Kits, I never really thought of being manic as something that needed controlling. I mean sure it's a bit off the wall but that's what most of my friends love about me, those insane times. yea same here..i guess i kinda worded it wrong...some people dont like it when i get manic..But to tell you the truth I love having those highs mrgreen true dat mrgreen
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Hypomanic Poet Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:04 pm
Name: Devin
Age when diagnosed: As of yet undiagnosed
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: Most likely bipolar.
History: Egh...Long story ?
How did you deal with it at first?: Urm..I dunno..
How has it affected your social life?: Friends see me go psychotic and spaz. Now I prolly have to hide it from them.
What were your friends and families first reactions?: They have no idea. My mom said I was too moody, that there was no "happy medium" with me stare
How's life going for you now?: Manicashell
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar? Prolly the downs.
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:02 pm
Name: chelsea
Age when diagnosed: 14
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: bipolar
History: long and boring
How did you deal with it at first?: thought it was cool that i finally had an answer
How has it affected your social life?: friends come and go, hate me and love me
What were your friends and families first reactions?: friends- "i knew it" family- "they're wrong they don't know anything about you"
How's life going for you now?: constantly on the edge
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?: hypersexuality while manic... you know... cheating sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:41 pm
Name: Angellen
Age when diagnosed: 13-14
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: bipolar
History: Er...? Doc said I'd been depressed probably since elemetary school... I've been giving myself psychosomatics since at least 2nd grade without realizing it. I got bitched out for feeling sick or out-of it. Crappy.
How did you deal with it at first?: Uh. Deal?
How has it affected your social life?: lost most all of my friends, but I'm starting to get them back, thankfully...
What were your friends and families first reactions?: Family has history of, so nothing really weird... Friends: "You don't have s**t. Stop being a ******** attention whore, b***h."
How's life going for you now?: more-or-less stable.
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?: not being able to controlish your moods, all the "bad stuff".
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:56 am
Name:...
Age when diagnosed: I was 17 when I was officially diagnosed, about 11 when I started having symptoms.
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: Bipolar.
History:Hmm...long story? I'll make it short, I guess. I started getting periods of depression when I was about 12, or at least that was my first suicide attempt, I can't remember if I was depressed before that, it's all kind of a blur. Had major ups and downs, but my parents just figured that was my personality, and I hid the depression pretty well. My parents never seemed to notice that I would spend weeks locked in my room, or throwing up randomly after ODing, or that I had bloody towels from cutting hidden all over my room...but it's all good.
How did you deal with it at first?: Hmm...I didn't believe it for a really long time. I'm still sort of in denial, but I'm here right? So I'm moving forward. When I was first diagnosed I was sort of thrown into the hospital for a suicide attempt, so I didn't have much time to deal...with anything. I was more in shock for a long time.
How has it affected your social life?: I lost my best friend....enough said.
What were your friends and families first reactions?: When I told my best friend she didn't really understand, and asked me if I wanted to hang out more...SO not what it was about...but ok.. she tried I guess. Just gave me a huge hug, and said some random things about how we had to go out that weekend. Hmmm. My family decided to talk a lot behind my back, and my mom got pissed at me for not telling her. We got in a lot of fights, and my parents didn't believe the diagnosis for a really long time. Now they just force me to stay on my stupid meds.
How's life going for you now?: Up and down...guess I'm doing better.
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?: Long suicidal depressions. And having to take Depakote even though I like being hypomanic--I like the feeling, and don't I deserve something after being depressed for so long?
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:17 am
My father was bipolar...I was 11 when he was diagnosed. I misunderstood him. I sort of...feel bad about myself, even though I know I was little and ignorant. *sigh* Now that my world is expanding and I'm becoming more aware, I like to talk with bipolar individuals, find out more about the illness, maybe get an idea of what it was like, for you fellow guild members and him.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:33 pm
Name: Desiree
Age when diagnosed: 15, 16... i think 16
Bipolar/Non-bipolar: bipolar
History: um... can be interesting? i dunno, three times to hospital, never commited, just let go... on lots of meds so i'm fine.
How did you deal with it at first?: i dunno, was there an at first? if i'm bipolar, i've been that way before diagnoses, so i dunno.
How has it affected your social life?: in a crazy way. to quote a friend *i'm a hard person to love*
What were your friends and families first reactions?: family *you're crazy and scary* friends *meds bad, you're fine*
How's life going for you now?: great
WHat is the hardest part of being bipolar?: taking pills all day for everything, and i still hear voices... *which i will never tell my shrink. too many pills as it is*
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:35 pm
do you think being diagnosed younger or older makes a difference. i mean, i'm sure it does, but what? i dunno, i'm feeling edgy, so i am dumb right now...
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