Question:
I haven't been doing well for the past few weeks. Can anyone tell me what some of the symptoms of manic depressive/bipolar disorder are, in layman's terms?
Answer:
Sorry you aren’t doing well lately. Here is a good site on bipolar disorder, you will find a symptom list that I think is easy to understand.
http://bipolar.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub-flags.htm
http://bipolar.about.com/msubmenu-moods.htm Make sure to discuss this with your doctor.
Don't read too much into internet articles on manic depression. Make an appointment with a psychiatrist
and bring a list of your symptoms and behavior examples with you.
Are you getting out of the house much? Maybe you can take a walk every afternoon around your neighborhood to burn off some stress and get a feeling of well being.
Neurontin and Depokate do evil things to me. They are my insanity pills.
Although Lithium is a different story. Some hot springs are loaded with the lithium and some brands of mineral water in Mexico have it. I seem to crave both.
I've never had a prescription for lithium and they use *huge* amounts of the stuff to treat bipolar. Some things are just best in small quantities, but some pdocs seem to think that they need to load you up to toxic levels.
