I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 bipolar, mainly sever depression with lack of sleep as the main side affect of my manias. Since I have just recently been diagnosed, they are still working on finding the right dose of medicines for me. I am currently on Abilify and Zoloft. What are nonmedicinal ways to make myself feel better while waiting for the medicines to take over and/or ways to enhance the affects of the medicines? Any advice on how to treat/beat/feel better with depression would also be helpful. Thanks.

Afraid to lose benefits but I wanna try.

the doctor just told me i have it, and i am just looking for info about it … i need help please !!!!!!

I am on SSI and SSDI, I worked for 2 months and then all of a sudden I had depression again and couldn’t sleep at night and was sleeping 12-14 hours a day and couldn’t even wake up in the mornings.

Are those symptoms coming due to work?

I have no choice to but stay disabled for the rest of my life?

. . . the mania phase of type 2 bipolar disorder is much less severe (called hypomania, not full-blown mania), and a phase of hypomania may not even be seen as any type of disorder but rather be simply seen as the person being more “active”, “energetic”, or “hyper” than other people.

My friend is like bipolar/OCD, like really really bad, but her mom won’t take her to get help, and she does need it. She has to keep her nails long bc she doesn’t like her fingertips to touch things, she can’t get wet if she has clothing on otherwise she’ll start breathing hard and panic, her clothes are organized by color and style, when people like touch her she cringes up and wipes where they touched her, her hair has to be COMPLETELY STRAIGHT otherwise she’ll lock herself in the bathroom, I think that’s enough, but what do I do?

i only recently discovered what bipolar meant, and i strongly believe i might have it. i am NOT a hypochondriac, i am just a 14 year old girl who needs help.
ive had suicidal thoughts since i was 8
im constantly on the brink of crying
ive had/still have anorexia and bulimia
i hate everything about myself
i used to cut myself-sometimes still do
i feel outside of myself sometimes
i twitch alot (i dont know if this matters, though)
im very irritable
im also very moody

i dont know. you would have to know me personally, i guess.
but yeah… your opinion

tell me what your hypomania episodes feel like, and how long they last.

I am interested in what you have to say from your point of view

I have recently been diagnosed with type 2 bipolar, mainly sever depression with lack of sleep as the main side affect of my manias. Since I have just recently been diagnosed, they are still working on finding the right dose of medicines for me. I am currently on Abilify and Zoloft. What are nonmedicinal ways to make myself feel better while waiting for the medicines to take over and/or ways to enhance the affects of the medicines? Any advice on how to treat/beat/feel better with depression would also be helpful. Thanks.

I can’t fall asleep without alcohol as a sedative or I have panic all night. He also claims that because I clean and clean and clean nonstop jumping from one thing to the next that I am bipolar. I am unable to wake up until noon every day.

Also, I notice that I will walk into the kitchen, for example, to get an apple and realize 10 minutes later I’ve cleaned the whole fridge and that I have to keep “reminding” myself to sit down and take a break..

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