Bipolar

[Jengirlmama]

I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and anxiety in college. I started taking meds again a couple of years ago and discovered by accident by watching Youtube and delving farther that I have bipolar. My PA allowed me to try a mood stabilizer and it has been helping and lessoning my racing thoughts and high distractability. Been getting a better handle on depression. This is all still new. Trying to learn more. I’ve struggled with disorganization and cleanliness my whole life. Perhaps this explains things. Lots of ups and downs. Will start off great and gung ho then kind of fall apart or burn out. Any sharing and info would be great. You know the stuff they don’t tell you. The nitty gritty daily stuff.

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Does this help you to move you forward and have you seemed doctors help

[1day_at_atime]

Wow, that’s so brave of you.

This one is kinda tough but Routine/Schedule helps. You chop up your day into segments and work on only the thing designated for that segment no matter what.

So you kind of build the stuff you struggle with into your Routine.

Building one and sticking to it can be a challenge but once you have one in place, it really helps.

Anyone have any other tips?

[Halem1982]

I’ve been diagnosed with adhd for 11 years now and I think I’m going to get diagnosed with bipolar tomorrow. I have an appointment with my psych tomorrow and I spoke to him briefly on the phone today. I brought up thinking I might have bipolar and he mentioned that he and his PA have discussed this as a possibility for me. I’m nervous but I just hope this will help me feel better because I’ve been on and off antidepressants my whole life and none of them work. Disorganized and cleanliness have always been a struggle for me too. If you don’t mind me asking, what mood stabilizer is working for you?