I am now in France.
If you have pain along with your bipolar, I believe there are answers. I love the comments. We are strong peope! I started missing school at 14 as a ballet dancer for misaligned hips and impinged lower back, and gave up dancing. Started snowboarding full time. A few broken tailbones and some compressed vertebrae I had no idea about for several years until an xray during a diagnostic exam for fibromyalgia which I have, in addition to joint hypermobility. By 19, I had chronic tendonitis bilateraly in my shoulders, hips, and ankles.
I also have chronic migraines. I figured if I was going to be in pain anyway, why should I give up what I love? I was a snowboard instructor. I was back on the mountain less than 5 months later after rigorous physical therapy. A year later I took up downhill mountain biking and crashed a lot.
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Had wrist surgery that fall. Not even a big deal. Up to 10 concussions, 5 while wearing a helmet. I get that a lot of this is a result of my choices. Wow, my story is literally identical. Down to every detail minus one or two. Bipolar one, in Portland, a professional cyclist, injured my pelvic region from riding, now has a chronic pain condition.
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I have painful things in my past, just like everyone. And what I find is that depression makes it really difficult to move on from that past pain. Neither pain nor bipolar can be effectively treated in isolation; the treatments for one condition invariably affect the other, for better or worse. Recognizing your limits and standing up for yourself are important ways you can take charge of your own wellness and prevent empathy from becoming paralyzing.
Today, I will be speaking about bipolar disorder and how my condition impacts much more than just mood. It is clear that a Julie was also the recipient of the Eli Lily Reintegration award for her work in bipolar disorder advocacy. Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, causes extreme mood shifts ranging from mania to depression.
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For more of her IBPF posts, click here. Strong pun intended story on bipolar plus 2. I have enough trouble with me, don't need another bipolar to partner with. Happy Valentine's Day a little late. They should mention this article in connection with that new film "Touched With Fire" as I believe the two main characters meet at the psych unit! These are great pointers - extremely relevant and useful. We got married and have the foundation of wellness.
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He makes sure I never miss taking my pills and we have the promise to each other that we will stay medicated. We have never had a fight and get along well. I know I am lucky and this is not the norm. I am grateful to have found him. I was diagnosed in He was diagnosed in He sleeps on couch because has sleep walking problems and would attack me until I awoken him.
He has mostly days with severe depression. Stays in the house but forces himself to go to aa meetings when possible. Can't seem to get right mixture of meds. Sweetheart mostly and tries to help me out with the house when possible. Has two friends he is able to keep a relationship going. I have periodic episodes. Mostly snap at him.
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Somehow we keep this strange relationship going. Married almost 17 years. I think about leaving but then realize my thinking has to do with my mental illness. I often wonder how other couple maintain.
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Lucky for us I am higher functioning and am able to do a lot of necessary daily duties. We are best friends and stay away from conflict. We are able to feel comfortable in an older home we keep slowly fixing up with help of some friends and out of town kids. I make an effort to keep it pretty clean because I know it can get away from us and go down quickly. I would love to be able to have a support group for us like aa does. It would be helpful to know about other couple's bipolar relationship.
My boyfriend has bipolar disorder and Adhd and sometimes it's hard for us to find activities to do because of his Adhd and he can't stay in peace of it and then his bipolar disorder kicks inn and he feels depressed,what should I do to help him to not feel depressed, I mean I get it that I should not upset him, since I'm self like to stay in place, is there a guide book of things I should and shouldn't do? Me and my ex boyfriend both have untreated bi polar disorder.
I had my diagnosis 2 years ago and his 5 years ago, I miss him dearly but after my last episode I decided to end the relationship and get help and ask hin to do the same. I already had two failed marriages due to being untreated till years later.