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Jenn4
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highs and lows question

Hi there. I have been recently diagnosed with bipolar (it's only really seriously ramped up in the past 8 weeks or so, but it's been there but much less impeding but increasingly so for about 5 years. So but is new and unfamiliar). 

A doctor said to me that the higher you go (without meds) the lower you go afterwards - is this people's experience? 

 

Cheers!

codename Jenn

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Re: highs and lows question

@Jenn4  I have bipolar 1 and schizoaffective disorder I hate my meds with a passion due to weight gain and sleepiness  but I take them otherwise my psychiatrist has said she will put me in the public system which means depot injections and hospital visits (both of which I dread). If my meds are not right I slip into mania quickly and go out of it quickly only to fall into it again within 24-48 hours and so on. It is exhausting to experience. 

 

So to answer your question for me I tend to stay in a state of mania more than crash but when I crash it can be a whole year of sleeping as has happened in the past.

 

I hope this helps. greenpea xx

Re: highs and lows question

@greenpea wow that's hectic! thanks for sharing

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