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   March 7, 2014

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   PB

   February 12, 2016

   Bipolar should not frighten anyone. There are professional Doctors and nurses ready to help you. Bipolar can be bad when you are going through an uncontrolled phase, high or depressed, but always remember the drugs Doctors give you are to help you get better.

   I was diagnosed in my early 20’s and have been admitted into hospital six times. Usually you attend hospital once or twice to get the condition in control. It can be scary at first, but always remember the staff are there to help you. But never ever forget you can always ask for a second opinion if you are not happy.

   The admissions to hospital have taken about 4-6 months from my life, but they have given me all the rest of the time, a quite normal existence.

   I am one of those bipolar people who count myself lucky to have experienced the thoughts that have come with the highs! Those ‘highs’ which so many people seems scared about, are in fact incredibly enlightening, and you can feel as though you are walking in the presence of God, if that’s at all possible? You can feel delights no ordinary individual will ever recognise or ever feel – how sad I think!

   So bipolar makes good people, that’s a fact. You may be fragile and even depressed at times, but you an important individual who deserves care just like anyone else, never forget this.

   If you ever feel let down by the system, ask for a second opinion; your doctor or health team wont mind, they are all professionals.

   If you ever feel angry or upset discuss this with your health team immediately, it may be that your drug dose has weakened or strengthened, and needs slight adjustment; it’s best to be safe than sorry. And never stop the med’s without professional evaluation.

   If you are like me and think you have been made a better person by this ‘illness’ please do get in contact, for it’s great to share points of view.

   Good luck to everyone in the future, and remember you have been given a rather special insight to life, and a very unusual gift.

   Happy days,

   Paul

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      purplepersuasion

      February 14, 2016

      Hmm. Well, I have now been an inpatient for 7 days and even the best of the nurses admits to learning from me because she knew nothing about rapid cycling, and *nobody* on the nursing staff seems to know about mixed modd. The community nurses in the Home Treatment Team were far better. One nurse here said I was recovered” because I appeared very different to the last time he saw me. Hopeless really.

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