A bomb exploded in the middle of my life when I was expelled from St. Thomas University School of Law.  I was hurt, angry and confused.  And fighting the lawsuit against the school without an attorney became my life’s work formore than four years.2

I wish I did not have to admit this because it is not good for Christians – or anyone else for that matter – to be consumed with anything but Christ.  But there were times when I was consumed with the lawsuit and expulsion. Now, not two years later, thank God, I can hardly get interested in it enough to write about it.  It just doesn’t seem to matter anymore beyond the specific circumstances that I mention here as examples of the blessings of bipolar.

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Bipolar with “ultraradian cycling”..where they have numerous episodes a day. It is not the classic bipolar. Is it not very common? there does not seem to be a lot of information on it.

Are people with this often misdiagnosed as borderline personality disorder? And vice versa …? Even though borderline has a lot of other characteristics

What if someone were to have slight paranoia, delusions etc ever so often…is that just part of mania? Not schizoaffective right ?

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She is in art class at school and the teacher gives the students an assignment to draw a picture using only their favorite color. This girl’s favorite color is red. So she takes a small blade and slices the inside of her palm and presses her bloody hand to her heart. Based on that scenario would that be a symptom of bipolar disorder?

Examples would help…
Thanks

Well first off I had my first visit with my doctor to get me on some meds.I’ve resently found out I have Bipolar 2. He’s got me on Sertraline for the depression. I take half a pill for 4 days and then a full one after that daily. He also gave me Divalproex for the “mood swings” He said not to take that unless i start feeling naughty lol. I had to laugh.

Even though I still don’t understand it all yet. But needless to say I’m on the right road. I’ve come here for some support and some thoughts on my situation. I’ve messed up my family pretty bad from my actions 3 months ago. I blew 700$ on junk instead of paying the bills and I left my fiance to have a relationship with a guy I met off the internet. These actions now make sense to me, and we’ve discusssed who, what, where, and why. But he’s told me that he won’t come back home until I’m emotionally stable. I truly do understand what I’ve done wrong, and I understand why he feels the way he does.

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Anything that I try I get addicted to. I was diagnosed with manic-depression 8 months ago, and for a time it seemed to answer alot of questions for me. But I see that in my life, everything I’ve tried, (cigs, alcohol et centra) I’ve become addicted to. Is this the bipolar or just me?

I met this guy online a year ago. I really like him and my intuition tells me he is a good heart. However, he has quite a past. Twenty plus yrs. ago…he left his wife and daughter. He then worked as a stand up comedian for two years. Then, managed a strip club for a few years. Did lots of drugs. etc.

Today, he is working in a hospital while finishing nursing school. He only has a couple months to go. He really seems to regret the past. Especially, leaving his daughter behind. He has also been recently diagnosed as having bipolar disorder….and has spent six weeks in a recovery program, getting some much needed therapy.

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We are actually still in the middle of divorce,but have been separated for a while, but he thinks he might be bipolar or something like that. I know he must have some mental health issues, because he had this horrible mood swings and an explosive character. Does anyone know what a psychiatrist’s diagnosis might do to his career? He is prior Air Force and I know just calling and asking for counseling put up a red flag for them. He needs help but does not want to get kicked out- or be flagged- Any advice from active duty or prior military?
He is currently switching careers and is waiting for a Medical Corpsman package to be approved.

I hate any kind of mind altering drug legal or not. They have these bad side effects and my husband is not serving God anymore since he has been on these “mood stabilizers”. They have changed him into something else. I believe God has natural cures for bipolar such as fish oil and most important prayer and following God. Is there any Bible verses I can show him that will speak against mind altering drugs? Thanks in advance.. I hate these drugs and hate their side effects and think they should be ILLEGAL!!