Comments on: Bipolar Disorder: Setting Boundaries http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html Information and support Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: essential greens http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-1890 essential greens Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:23:46 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=333#comment-1890 i am blogging to work through my relationship with my bipolar friend. i hope you'll visit and offer advice! i am blogging to work through my relationship with my bipolar friend. i hope you’ll visit and offer advice!

]]> By: Laura Hart http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-1820 Laura Hart Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:15:25 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=333#comment-1820 Hello, I've been researching bi-polar sites trying to get a feel for what is available in the way of information and on line support. I'm bi-polar, it started earlier than most people believe. Deep suicidal depression before the age of 10. Mania erupted around the same time too. I'm at a transition point: I have found out just how awful bi-polar can be to me and to those who love me. I got Grave's Disease, which attacked my thyroid. Anytime there is a chemical imbalance in your body, there will be an imbalance with the bipolar. Thyroid is such a powerful hormone that it tore me apart in every way possible. Insomnia, depression, rage, mania, suicide, were just some of the fun things I had to deal with for almost five years. Finally, only ten months ago was I given a "better" dosage, which is natural, from a pig's thyroid. It had to be done as i could not break down the synthetic T4 into T3. And T3, synthetic is Cytomel, used to be used as an antidepressent. Watch out bi-polars. It couldn't end there, I had a fall cracked my head or actaully bent a bathtub rail. Had a left side stroke, damaged the discs in my neck, and I may just have lupus now. I'm 5'6" and maybe 90 pounds and in constant pain. But I want to work though I've been disabled for 10 years. I'm the "bi-polar reporter." I'm currently using my hypo mania to deal with a public healthcare district, the bipolar way. And, as if fate intervened, when I became disabled I got the license plates: the numbers were/are 5150. I believe on some level it's my destiny and that of those who chose to use it. I have a second blog, "The bi-polar American" and i's written by me along with some younger kids who are bipolar but so incredibly creative and so lacking in self esteem or worth. I'm trying to get my local youth involved, and they seem to come to me. Google me and let me know what you think about our site: Laura Hart The bi-polar American. I feel sad that so many of us suffer and are not able to keep jobs, relationships, and even take care of ourselves. So, I'm trying to do my part. Good luck to us all, on both sides of the issue. I beleive we all have something to contribute and I don't use the problem as an excuse, but I do admit to it as a reason, and try to be responsible for what I do and blurt. Tnank you. Laura Hart Hello, I’ve been researching bi-polar sites trying to get a feel for what is available in the way of information and on line support.
I’m bi-polar, it started earlier than most people believe. Deep suicidal depression before the age of 10. Mania erupted around the same time too.
I’m at a transition point: I have found out just how awful bi-polar can be to me and to those who love me. I got Grave’s Disease, which attacked my thyroid.
Anytime there is a chemical imbalance in your body, there will be an imbalance with the bipolar.
Thyroid is such a powerful hormone that it tore me apart in every way possible. Insomnia, depression, rage, mania, suicide, were just some of the fun things I had to deal with for almost five years. Finally, only ten months ago was I given a “better” dosage, which is natural, from a pig’s thyroid. It had to be done as i could not break down the synthetic T4 into T3. And T3, synthetic is Cytomel, used to be used as an antidepressent. Watch out bi-polars.
It couldn’t end there, I had a fall cracked my head or actaully bent a bathtub rail. Had a left side stroke, damaged the discs in my neck, and I may just have lupus now. I’m 5′6″ and maybe 90 pounds and in constant pain.
But I want to work though I’ve been disabled for 10 years. I’m the “bi-polar reporter.” I’m currently using my hypo mania to deal with a public healthcare district, the bipolar way.
And, as if fate intervened, when I became disabled I got the license plates: the numbers were/are 5150. I believe on some level it’s my destiny and that of those who chose to use it.
I have a second blog, “The bi-polar American” and i’s written by me along with some younger kids who are bipolar but so incredibly creative and so lacking in self esteem or worth.
I’m trying to get my local youth involved, and they seem to come to me.
Google me and let me know what you think about our site: Laura Hart The bi-polar American.
I feel sad that so many of us suffer and are not able to keep jobs, relationships, and even take care of ourselves.
So, I’m trying to do my part. Good luck to us all, on both sides of the issue.
I beleive we all have something to contribute and I don’t use the problem as an excuse, but I do admit to it as a reason, and try to be responsible for what I do and blurt.
Tnank you. Laura Hart

]]> By: anne http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-1819 anne Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:29:49 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=333#comment-1819 hi again i red lots of the above comments good to know i am not so alone ............ hi again i red lots of the above comments good to know i am not so alone …………

]]> By: anne http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-1818 anne Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:23:39 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=333#comment-1818 hi i am new to all this my husband was diagnosed 6 years ago with bi polar life has beeen unbearable for the most part on the meds etc:this year for the last six months he has been having an affair with a 67 year old woman .he is 53 years old and i am 45 years of age .he just uses our home like a hotel .and expects to be treated with the best life has to offer on every level .my health took a bad turn earlier this year .and he just left me to get better without any help from him .and told me that if i got any sicker that i could be put away someplace out of the way .his words not mine.. i developed arthritis and high blood pressure mainy due to the stress in my life.my childeren and i have asked him to leave and do what ever makes him happy but he refuses to do so and says he sees no reason why he should and that he is doing nothing wrong.and this is the way he wants to live his life.when we last slept together over 3 months ago .he said to me i didnt have what he was looking for in a woman.i am over the insults and the torture of this man . i left and his followed and says if i dont live with him that he will commit suicide .life is so so sad and horrible i would just like some peace i know he is not well and its the bipolar doing all this .. but so much pain and suffering has happened through all this .and our lives are so damaged i think we couldnt ever get back to a normal way of life . my question where and when is it all going to end ?thank you all for reading this .can you offer any help or advice please x hi i am new to all this my husband was diagnosed 6 years ago with bi polar life has beeen unbearable for the most part on the meds etc:this year for the last six months he has been having an affair with a 67 year old woman .he is 53 years old and i am 45 years of age .he just uses our home like a hotel .and expects to be treated with the best life has to offer on every level .my health took a bad turn earlier this year .and he just left me to get better without any help from him .and told me that if i got any sicker that i could be put away someplace out of the way .his words not mine.. i developed arthritis and high blood pressure mainy due to the stress in my life.my childeren and i have asked him to leave and do what ever makes him happy but he refuses to do so and says he sees no reason why he should and that he is doing nothing wrong.and this is the way he wants to live his life.when we last slept together over 3 months ago .he said to me i didnt have what he was looking for in a woman.i am over the insults and the torture of this man . i left and his followed and says if i dont live with him that he will commit suicide .life is so so sad and horrible i would just like some peace i know he is not well and its the bipolar doing all this .. but so much pain and suffering has happened through all this .and our lives are so damaged i think we couldnt ever get back to a normal way of life . my question where and when is it all going to end ?thank you all for reading this .can you offer any help or advice please x

]]> By: Joe http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/marriage/bipolar-disorder-setting-boundaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-1810 Joe Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.finkshrink.com/blog/?p=333#comment-1810 Hi, Harold-- This is very interesting. I was just having a conversation with a friend who noted that all the people he hears about who have bipolar are celebrities or famous historical figures - Vincent Van Gogh, Robert Downey Jr., Sylvia Plath, etc. That's the picture people have in their minds of bipolar. I think you're right. We need to realize that accomplished professionals - teachers, business people, doctors, lawyers, politicians, and other normal folks - get bipolar disorder, too, and when the illness is managed it doesn't make them monsters or bad at what they do. Bipolar manifests itself in all sorts of ways in all sorts of individuals. In addition, some people with the illness manage it well, some are unable to, and some refuse to. We can't lump everyone with bipolar into one category. People with bipolar are individuals and everyone's struggle is unique. Hi, Harold–

This is very interesting. I was just having a conversation with a friend who noted that all the people he hears about who have bipolar are celebrities or famous historical figures – Vincent Van Gogh, Robert Downey Jr., Sylvia Plath, etc. That’s the picture people have in their minds of bipolar.

I think you’re right. We need to realize that accomplished professionals – teachers, business people, doctors, lawyers, politicians, and other normal folks – get bipolar disorder, too, and when the illness is managed it doesn’t make them monsters or bad at what they do.

Bipolar manifests itself in all sorts of ways in all sorts of individuals. In addition, some people with the illness manage it well, some are unable to, and some refuse to. We can’t lump everyone with bipolar into one category. People with bipolar are individuals and everyone’s struggle is unique.

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