Lacey, there are two types of bipolar disorder. What it sounds like you may have is type II in which the main symptom is depression with not much mania and no psychosis. What I have is called type I which has the psychosis (can happen with both mania and depression), fly-high manias and deep depressions. Fortunately mine is under control enough so that I can live a relatively normal life and my medication regimen for bipolar has been stable for years now. I can tell when I am starting an episode and have instructions from my doctor to double one of the medications for a few days and it goes right back to (relatively) normal within 1-2 days. One of the medications is sedative in nature so I do sleep 13-15 hours a day many days (luckily for me I am retired so work isn’t a concern, with those hours you can forget about a full-time job unless it is of the university professor variety where you can go in your office and nap between lectures 🙂 ) but I would rather sleep longer than be manic or depressed. As you can see it hasn’t affected my sense of humor or my ability to type coherently.

Hang in there, Lacey. It does get better. I will give you one piece of advice, though. From your posts here I get the impression that you consume alcohol on occasion. Unfortunately alcohol can affect bipolar disorder negatively and cause symptoms to return. I quit drinking in 2006 (seven years now, if I were in AA I would probably get a colored poker chip from what I hear) and found that my mental status was much more normal when I didn’t drink than when I did. At least the medications are helping and you have a way to get them (until recently one of my bipolar meds was $2600 plus every 90 days and the other one was almost $300 with pain, asthma and heart meds costing another $1000 or so, thankfully I have insurance from my retirement).

This site is so educational. I swear, before today I thought bipolar was a sexually “flexible” ursid found primarily in the arctic circle.

I, too, have been diagnosed as bipolar. Although, I’ve never had a crazy manic episode. My bipolar goes from slightly manic to deep depression.
But, like you, I take my meds. religiously (actually all fucking 3 of them) and it definitely helps. Although, I’ve been on these meds. for 4 years now and my dr. STILL adjusts my meds. on a regular basis. While meds. do help any “brain disease” it’s still a pain in the ass and a constant struggle. 🙁

CHECKBOOK: What a man doesn’t keep in case of divorce.

VENEREAL DISEASE: What a porn chick gets every other week or when she fucks on a John Stagliano “Stretch Class” set.

VD TEST: What Dr. Miao gives to most porn chicks every 14 days, if the chick is lucky for the price of a blow job, otherwise $200.

Now let’s get back to the subject of Mike’s post. Here are a couple of alternate definitions:

POPE: Old guy in white cape and hat with lots of ten year old boys following him around in case he gets horny.

CHECKBOOK:

@mharris127 –
I STILL don’t get the whole Amanda Bynes situation? Wtf happened to that girl? Are they saying JUST Bi-Polar? If so, that has to be an extreme case?

I learned what “molly” meant when it came out that Miley “Sluttiest Singer” Cyrus used it in a song. Star Magazine’s editor dutifully looked the word up and found out that it meant the drug Ecstasy. Boys and girls, please stay at least a mile from anyone selling or using Ecstasy, Roofies, Heroin, Cocaine or any other hard illegal drug for non-medicinal purposes.

At least Amanda Bynes’ parents cared enough to get control of her affairs and get her into treatment for her bipolar I. Miley is not so lucky, her parents are so dumb that they think bipolar disorder is what they called the Rodney King riots so she will unfortunately keep going further into manias and depressions (which the drugs will make even worse) until she kills herself and maybe a few others with her. Miley’s erratic behavior tells me that she is currently in a highly manic state and one wrong neuron firing from Hell.

Hahaha.. now that’s a funny one!

Did you know the courts are now allowing urban dictionary definitions to be used in trials?
The first time I found urban dictionary was when someone asked if I wanted a “molly” and I had no idea what it was so I googled it to not look like an asshole. (A “molly” is a pure form of ecstacy. )
I told you it was addicting. 😉

Mike, Lacy … After I pull that Spiderman on Lady H., I’m showing her Mike’s “wife” comments. That’ll get the heat off me. Then, I’ll be sure and remind her of it next time we’re stuck together on a road trip or in a hotel room .. *grin*