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About Me

This is a page for people with bi polar disorder 1 or 2 or those who have family members that suffer from the illness. Bi Polar is very often misunderstood and very difficult to deal with. This is a place where you can vent your frustrations, share your successes, have some support in the form of blogs and others that share your illness. Please feel free to add us as we'll turn no one away. This page will be managed by 2 people, Katie and Brandi. Katie suffers from the more severe bi polar 1 disorder and has now for years but was only in the past year diagnosed. Brandi suffers from bi polar 2, though less severe the effects it has on her are not to be underestimated, just like any of you who suffer from 2. So, feel free to add us and share what's on your mind!
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What is BI POLAR DISORDER?Bi Polar disorder is most commonly described as a chemical imbalance in the brain that can be fixed with the proper medication. It can be very difficult to find the right medication for you and sometimes takes a long time to even get use to the medication. A lot of times the patient feels like a zombie, or like a puppet on the outside and though they appear happy to the outside world, still feel sad and empty inside. Does this sound like you? If it does, you need to seek help and are more than welcome to join the support here on this page.Bi Polar disorder is filled with depression and manic mood swings. What does it mean to have a manic mood swing? Do you ever feel so happy you annoy yourself and others to no end because you are SO excited and SO hyper? Well, that's a manic episode. You're in such a euphoric state and you cannot control it. Your mood might change in a matter of minutes, hours or days, and you'll fall into severe depression again. This is why it is called BI POLAR, because you switch between two extremes. Medications, like abilify, help stabalize your mood but can be sedating. You usually have to combine an array of anti depressants, anti psychotics and mood stabilizers in order to handle the manic and depressive moods, but as you can imagine, or might have already experienced, this leaves you feeling better, but not like yourself. I'm not saying don't take your meds, because eventually, the drowiness wears off, for most. Bi Polar will never go away. There is no cure. You may be on medication for the rest of your life, but your family and friends deserve to have you there to live it. I know what it's like to be suicidal. It's on my mind daily, but I can honestly say, it is not a way out. So please, if you feel like hurting yourself, tell someone, get help.

My Blog

My labor and birth story!

I copy and pasted my blog from my personal page...Ah, so good to be home! Honestly, it wasn't bad at the hospital, EVERYONE respected my wishes and no one second guessed any decisions, even refu...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:54:00 PST

Update on me and a note

Hello everyone. Thought I'd run a quick update by y'all. We are 37 weeks pregnant now with little Alexander and oh boy is mommy happy this is almost over. haha. Part of me is s...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:13:00 PST

Ok, here's the deal...

I don't think many of you know, but my husband and I are pregnant. We were trying for a while. I have been SO sick with this pregnancy. I have been logging into my regular myspace, b...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:32:00 PST

BACK!!!!!!!!

Ok guys, thanks to the generocity of my grandmother, a couple of my bills got paid, including the house and net bill! YAY! So I'm back!
Posted by Bipolar Support on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:53:00 PST

SOOOO SORRY GUYS!!!!!

OMG! I am so sorry I have not been on! T RUST ME it's not that I've forgotten, it's that my internet is currently disabled...along with many other things I haven't paid. My husband J...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Derek 2/12/2007 Boo! 2/14/2007 ...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:28:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy birthday muffins!Sunny...Sh.. 2/2/2007 Yowza Schn.. 2/2/2007 ...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:36:00 PST

WOW! Look what you guys have done!!

You guys are, in a word, AMAZING!Did you notice? Did you see? Ya, go look...200+ Friends!All coming together to learn more about bipolar disorder!All coming together to support their frien...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:21:00 PST

Depression...you're never alone.

Depression&wow&what a big word. We all experience depression in one form or another in some point of our lives. For some of us, it is affected by an event or circumstance in our lives, the...
Posted by Bipolar Support on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:30:00 PST

Rage is an emotion too.

below you'll find two articles written by myself and brandi. we encourage you to read them both and to comment below with your thoughts or questions. thank you. we'll reply promptly....
Posted by Bipolar Support on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:02:00 PST