![]() ![]() One thing that you must understand is that all of this is just dealing with my bipolar disorder, but I also have borderline personality disorder. My psychiatrist just adjusted my antidepressant a little and I got better. The only major mood change that I have had in a year was in December around Christmas time, which is understandable when you are trying to find the resources to give three children a decent Christmas morning. ![]() I had almost forgot what a manic episode felt like until the last week in March. My life started changing dramatically, I started becoming more stable for the first time in years. I was hospitalized when this medicine change happened, which was June of 2018. It wasn’t until my psychiatrist suggested a DNA test called GeneSight, and all my medicines changed, then I started responding to my treatment. In my article that I posted, I mentioned that I spent almost a year going through different medicines to find the right ones. Medication and therapy are the most common of treatment plans, but it takes a matter of time to find the right medicine and therapist. While there is no cure for bipolar disorder, the symptoms can be controlled with different types of treatment. So, please, do not think that I am giving medical advice, and if you relate to my own experiences then seek a professional to help you out.įrom my research into my disorders, bipolar disorder doesn’t have an exact cause, but a chemical imbalance in the brain, your environment, and genetics are factors in being affected and then diagnosed with this disorder. Some things are just summarized facts from articles, books, and websites, and then some things are my own opinions about what I have read. Everything I say is from my own personal experiences and research. So, I’m going to try to explain it, but be patient with me because there are time gaps in my memory from the mania weeks.īefore I get into my story, I just want to inform everyone that I am in no way a medical professional. It’s been tough going through this cycle of chaos, and if you don’t have bipolar disorder, then you don’t know what it’s like. That means I have been through three bouts of mania, three crashes, and three bouts of depression. Since my last post, I have had three manic episodes. I’ve been trying to write this post for two months now, with little success. ![]()
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