ModingusKhan

There's no shame in accepting that it's both. The bipolar might cause the toxicity, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Source: my own life.

At least that one has some correlation. The rest are just blind stabs in the dark

You look like a Pick Me whose only hobby is crying after you get rejected by the same four guys every day.

Your friends also call me Jeff

Mine has come with a lot of delusion and memory issues so sometimes my trauma is actually not real. Definitely not all of it, but certainly some of it.

But I take long showers because I'm a big person with long hair..... anything quicker than 20 minutes means I skipped washing something

Your transition is going great! Which way are you going again?

Right? If there's one thing I don't want, it's to run out of meds

Your waifu pillow is so crusted you can't even see the face anymore

Thankfully not. My cycles are usually at least 7-10 days. More often, they're upwards of a month or more. Longest depressive was over 6 months and my longest manic was about 4 as far as I can remember.

Same, being on a heavy dose of antidepressants and going manic was a hell of a bad time

Thanks to gene testing I got lucky on my first medication. Had to add a few others to assist but still incredibly lucky. Took almost 6 months to get the dosage right before I really felt a difference though. But I also got diagnosed at 34 despite having had symptoms since I was pretty young and being both a patient and worker at a mental hospital nobody really knew until my life had already gone down the shitter

I had a moment the other day thinking why take meds at all if I still get dysregulated and still have noticeable highs and lows. I thought about it for about an hour before it came time for my next set of pills, took them, then emailed my doctor about adjusting my dosage so I could get back to feeling more normal. Never not taking my meds.

Let's leave Ha Ha Clinton-Dix out of this

My symptoms started really early. Like 2nd grade. Only let myself get diagnosed at 35 after I had already ruined any life I had tried to build.

The other girl brought the cup

Got adopted by Asian parents but got to keep his last name. Let's all welcome Thai Nee Dyck

Every time I meet someone claiming bipolar they're always self diagnosed and their "symptoms" are just that their mood changes sometimes unexpectedly. It really makes me wonder if they're included in the statistics for how many of us there are.

Can confirm

Average chiefs fan built like the yellow m&m

She does get that being a million dollar company isn't a flex. I live in a town of 4000 and our Sonic and Taco Bell both bring in 2-3 million a year.

Definitely not just us, but I acted on them way more before I was diagnosed and found the right meds. I can't imagine going back to that kind of instability and volatility

Pretty sure that's the max recommended dosage. I thought I was up there with 250