For someone with bipolar, the dial can swing much further, and it stays there for a while — days or weeks, not just minutes:

• Really, really up (called mania or hypomania): They feel super energetic, need very little sleep, talk fast, have tons of ideas, and feel like they can do anything.

• Really, really down (called depression): They feel very sad, tired, and don't want to do much of anything, even things they usually like.

It's not something someone chooses or can just "snap out of" — it's how their brain works. But doctors can help, kind of like how glasses help someone see better. With the right support (like medicine or talking to a counselor), people with bipolar can feel more balanced and live happy, full lives.

idk if this is the right place to ask but what exaclty is bipolar? I read wikipedia but didn't understood much

Be sure you keep your hands on the proverbial wheel. If you let your Dr and wife control what you do or don’t want/need, it leads you into a dark path if you end up somewhere you don’t want to be. This is all voluntary. Go at your own pace. Your Dr is there to help you on your own journey of stable self improvement.

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It’s been a month now. Wanna update?

Maybe just avoid pumpkin seeds as they’re sprouted and full of magnesium. Peanuts are probably the best nut. But yeah all the seeds are full of life force energy, which can really put your head in the clouds.

Oh no. I love nuts. Maybe that’s my problem.

Ahhh our other moderator posted a ton when we first got going. I’ll see what I can find. 🙃

Yea. 100%. The bd depression takes my ability to keep even keeled in hell world.

Dang for me that’s right on the brink of a full manic episode. I don’t have much experience with this, I just had a manic episode a year and a half ago, leading to 8 days with no sleep at all. Since then I’ve only had lithium, and I’m at 2/3rds the prescribed dose.

I guess just make the most of it when you feel inspired. When you feel restless or bored try some of the other sleep hygiene tips: get out in the sun, exercise, and in the middle of the night sometimes a cold washcloth on the face and neck can help.

Diet may also play a role - you might consider more grounding, heavy foods like root vegetables or meat, or cheese. And less enlightening foods like sprouted seeds and grains, or nuts. Ancient Chinese and Ayurvedic traditions have analyzed all these foods - and they have other names for this condition: kundalini mania or tai chi mania.

Anyway I hope you can rein it in. Remember medicine is an important tool but it’s not a magic bullet. There are many other complimentary practices, of which I have only explored a few.

I need some bipolar memes but there's none here on Lemmy :-(

Missed my lamictal today, repeatedly. Now the cosmos is wrong and stupid and I hate being in it.

Had a pretty long bout of hypo for May and June but it’s finally at rest. Translated the Dao De Jing and a few other crazy ideas. Now I can focus on mundane home projects.

My niece (I have custody) is coming home Thursday after I dropped her off with family a few weeks ago. It’s been nice having a bit more time for self care. As well as a few hours of OT at work each week. 🤣

I'm hoping I can come up with something so neat to print off that it'll completely distract from ever having to have the "how much did this cost/how could you possibly need another printer" conversation.... But I'm pretty hyped for the printer itself. Should be real neat.

Ohhh 3d printers will be fun!!

Dr retired suddenly for health reasons, so I'm off my meds until I can find a replacement prescriber. It's been going better than it could be, my partner has been ensuring I actually eat food and my bills are all paid, buuuuut: I have no idea how I'm going to eat the 5kg of Linguica sausage I in my fridge, the mirror glaze is not setting on my disney recipe recreation mini cakes and that means I Am A Failure and the xfinity tech got really tired of me bugging him with questions about the fiber rollout process while he tried to work...

oh and my new 3D printer cost more than my car and gets here monday. Thats gonna be a fun one to justify.

Hope you can get a low dose of lithium to stabilize without diminishing your experience.

Checking in on you, how are you doing? I was diagnosed at 45, my dad does not understand. I live with him (he’s 86) and we have the same struggle with politics at home. I just avoid the conversation. Because as you said, (I’m not so many words), he’s my dad, and the only one I’ll ever have. Mom is 12 hours away, she thankfully from the hippy Times stayed open minded.

We are all jacked up!

Sorry about your family. My advice would be to gradually transition to self validation. Delete Facebook, I doubt if it’s helpful to you. Meet people in person and do things you like. When you’re with your family be with them and don’t engage in politics. It sounds to me like you need to build a new family of friends. Your new community. Eventually your parents will die and you want to remember the good times, not this stuff. Anyway once you have your own confidence, your parents won’t really bother you. You’ll forgive them and you can be happy that you turned out awesome despite their shortcomings.