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mrstwinkleberry · 03-30-2003, 03:51 PM

Hi, I'm new here. I thought maybe I could help you a little from both points of view because I'm mildly bi-polar and my boyfriend is also bi-polar. What a pair! ( 2 nuts on the same sundae! ) Anyhow, in our "manic" phase, we're hyper, happy, all is better than well and depending on the severity of the disease, can go into delusions of grandeur (thinking you're royalty or something), so we spend all our money, and yours-etc...We realize we do something wrong, so may drink to calm down, but meds suck, cuz they take away our natural "high" that feels so good-better than anything you could imagine! But on the flip side, the depression can get all the way down to suicidal. So, the meds are supposed to stabilize the mood swings & keep us at a happy medium. Lots make us gain weight, that sucks! Lots of Bi-polars like speed too, cuz it mimicks our natural highs. There's new meds coming all the time, behavior therapy is very important, and keeping a positive environment-we're easily sidetracked. Hope that helps a little. From Ivy in Calif.

03-30-2003, 03:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
mrstwinkleberry Paused Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Jose, Ca Posts: 9	RE:understanding bi-polar Hi, I'm new here. I thought maybe I could help you a little from both points of view because I'm mildly bi-polar and my boyfriend is also bi-polar. What a pair! ( 2 nuts on the same sundae! ) Anyhow, in our "manic" phase, we're hyper, happy, all is better than well and depending on the severity of the disease, can go into delusions of grandeur (thinking you're royalty or something), so we spend all our money, and yours-etc...We realize we do something wrong, so may drink to calm down, but meds suck, cuz they take away our natural "high" that feels so good-better than anything you could imagine! But on the flip side, the depression can get all the way down to suicidal. So, the meds are supposed to stabilize the mood swings & keep us at a happy medium. Lots make us gain weight, that sucks! Lots of Bi-polars like speed too, cuz it mimicks our natural highs. There's new meds coming all the time, behavior therapy is very important, and keeping a positive environment-we're easily sidetracked. Hope that helps a little. From Ivy in Calif.