[decimon]

Balancing act ping.

[yarddog]

I have known a girl for nearly 20 years who suffers from bi-polar. In many ways she is an extraordinary girl. Besides being beautiful she has a lot of great features.

I was talking to her boyfriend many years ago. He said he loved her but it was rough being her boyfriend. “she would be sweet as could be then in an instant become mean”.

She was married and I wasn’t surprised that they got a divorce in less than 2 years.

So much potential and all of it wasted.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

bfl

[SonOfDarkSkies]

There are a bunch of Freepers who are psychiatrists and if we are lucky they see this thread and offer their input.

I have a version of bipolar called hypomania/cyclothymia. Mine came with the mood swings but without the psychotic mania/despondent depression cycles. Was a beatch to live with until I took steps to modify my lifestyle to accommodate it.

I was eventually able to manage it without medication (huge amounts of exercise and an avoidance of things that trigger the mania like stimulants, certain people, parties, etc.).

Believe it or not, there are a lot more men and women who have this disorder than have been professionally diagnosed. In my experience, many bipolars who do not have psychotic episodes fly under the radar and actually avoid diagnosis.

[cookcounty]

But did they use all that extra cerebral volume?

[AZLiberty]

Has any one tried Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for depression? A twenty-minute dose of this about doubled my brain speed on a creative task, and three sessions have left me thinking faster and feeling happier.

[T Minus Four]

I’ve got a college-aged child who is probably bi-polar. Depakote seems to be helping but she needs more help than the college shrink. Anyone care to Freepmail me if you know of a good doc recommend in the Northern Utah area?