Fuck Yeah Bipolar Owl

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May 2013

51 posts

Anonymous asked: I've been suspecting that I may have bipolar for a while, but one thing that makes me think I don't is that my depressive episodes are usually triggered by something (usually my thoughts). Can depressive episodes in bipolar be triggered?

Anonymous asked: What's the deal with dreams? My cyclothymia has been pretty manageable since starting on fluox at Christmas, but lately I'm experiencing full on depressive episodes in my dreams, with exactly the same intensity as real life. These will often happen even when I've been reasonably fine during the day. Have you heard of this before?

Anonymous asked: Hi. I'm 19 and have bipolar 1, and was hospitalized for it two months ago. Now I live with my boyfriend and work full time, fiscally supporting myself and being in a serious relationship. I don't know if am healthy enough to handle all this though. I have no space and time to process the mass of thoughts and feelings I have on a daily basis. Sometimes I want to go back to the hospital...

Anonymous asked: I haven't been diagnosed and I can't talk to anyone professional about this because I don't have the money to seek professional help but I might have something along the lines of depression? I've lost interest in the things I used to like. For example I wanted to go to school for art but I lost the passion to and now I don't know what I wanna do with my life. I feel...

Anonymous asked: hey, so i've been to a psychiatrist who said she thought i was bipolar. she told my mom, and my mom didn't believe her so she made me go to a different one. i'm over 18 but still financially dependent on my parents so i don't really have a say on what psychiatrist/psychologist i see. i definitely think i need help but my mom won't let me have help. any advice?

Owls I need opinions

In terms of medicated vs not, who is the “real” you? have you struggled with taking medication because you feel it alters who you are? “Taking medication to calm down and be normal just assures me if I do change it would be an artificial me, and that I’ll always be this ugly thing deep down”, This is a quote from an ask I received recently. What is your opinion on...

I’m taking a break from answering asks tonight because I’m a little warn out but there is something I’ve been thinking about all day that I wanted to share with you all. My goal for the month of May (which I set about three days ago) is to improve FYBO and make it closer to everything it could be and should be. In order to make this happen, I plan on editing and improving the...

allthesaintswereschizophrenic asked: allthesaintswereschizophrenic(.)tumblr(.)com/post/50395598769/study-tips-for-those-having-a-tough-time-with-a-mental

Anonymous asked: hi.. I was just diagnosed with bipolar but my sister attempted suicide in march so most of my family's attention is focused on making sure she gets better which I completely understand (!!).. but my mom tells me what I'm going through isn't as serious and that basically my stuff is trivial in comparison to her alcohol problem/depression & my sister's attempt. so now I feel...

Anonymous asked: Hi I was just wondering. I haven't had a mood swing for a couple of months now and for some reason I'm getting nervous about this. Is it natural to feel nervous when you hit a stable patch? Awesome blog btw!

Anonymous asked: this is weird but i guess i don't feel "bipolar enough" to warrant the diagnosis i have received... does this make any sense? have you ever felt this way??

sorry if i am spamming all of your dashes with asks, it’s just that the ask box is quite full and i’m trying to clear it while i have the time. i tag all the asks “fybo ask” if you want to black list I will not take it personally. thank you for your patience and support xx dev

Anonymous asked: hi i was just wondering if when you are manic/hypomanic you still experience mood variation throughout the day? is it like being stuck in fast forward all the time or are there periods of respite? will the morning be worse than the evening, or vice versa? especially in prolonged cases where the episode lasts weeks or months?? thank you

Anonymous asked: Hi, my father have recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He has started taking medications but I wish I could do more for him, do you have any advice? I hope one day I'll be able to forgive him for what he has done over the past years. In the end, he was ill. And we didn't notice.

Anonymous asked: A tape recorder really helped me out with my classes, because my memory loss gets so bad I wouldn't even remember if I went to class or not. I just asked my professors at the beginning of the semester.

bipolar2 asked: I saw everyone giving input on studying and I thought I'd share what helped me this past semester. As long as you have it documented that you have bipolar, or anxiety or any illness, you can go to your school's disability center (it's U.S law that all schools have one, not sure about other countries) And you can request accommodations to make test taking easier like more time or a...

littlegirlinwaiting asked: For studying, I do as much as possible on good days so I can afford the bad days. I pretty much assume that there will be days during which I can't tend to my schoolwork so I work with this in mind. In terms of remembering things, I make flashcards and force myself to go over them so much that I can do them in my head.

kadelleindex asked: i have so many study tips!! mainly trying to channel hypo/mania that happens mid-semester into working on the final paper/project really really early. also writing in your books if you can. the best thing for me bar none is putting a square around any term defined, then underlining the given definition. then scanning back thru the book its really easy to track key defined concepts. review...

Anonymous asked: Okay, so my tips for studying are silly but they really help me. The temporary ones are as follows: So, one of them is to pretend you're in a College/High School AU wiith your fav fictional character. I'm not even joking, this is what I do because it makes me want to ignore my tumblr and live out a fantasy. It's odd but it helps me. Another one is that I eat a slice of apple...

Anonymous asked: Do you have any tips for studying? My moods cycle quite a lot and as such the way I think seems to change as well and it becomes difficult to remember things in different states of mind.

Anonymous asked: I'm in college. I don't want my parents to know that I'm bipolar, but I also feel like I owe them an explanation for why I would flip out randomly at them as a teen. I'm also high-functioning autistic, and they attributed it to that. I already get my opinions discounted because of the autism, and I cannot imagine what it would be like if they knew I was bipolar. Also, one of...

Anonymous asked: my hypomania makes me feel like a fake because it doesnt interfere with my life :(

Anonymous asked: I grew up with years of sexual abuse from my father and as a result I haven't ever had a boyfriend (I'm straight) or sex (im a total virgin) and I'm 21. I have watched porn but don't particularly don't like it. I try masturbation but can only handle a tiny bit because I feel gross and shame. I sometimes get in moods where I want sex impulsively. I just feel shame and...

Dev says: Normally I don’t comment on meme submissions, but seriously THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IF YOU TRY TO INDUCE AN EPISODE, you will end up in a mixed state and it’s not a matter of *when* you will crash from it, it’s a matter of how hard you will crash and how much damage you can do in the mean time. SO DON’T DO IT.

there's a meme in the queue that talks about...

so for those of you that won’t get that reference, here is the link to the article it’s referencing. http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

Anonymous asked: Is it possible to have self-harm issues during hypomania? My hypomania is usually euphoric, but I've been so tempted when my thoughts are running around castigating me every chance they get. Does having thoughts of death/suicide/self-harm make it a mixed episode?

Anonymous asked: Is it possible to develop symptoms of other mental diseases, for example when i'm depressed, i'm like in a third of cases just depresed, in a third social anxious and paranoid (fulfilling most of the criterias seen on the internet and a girl who is both told me it really sounded like it), and i'm a third anorexic (also, fulfilling like 90% of criteria, psyciatrist said it sounded...

Anonymous asked: Hi! Have you all had any experience with being (or knew anyone who is/was) bipolar and unmedicated? I've been diagnosed, but for multiple reasons I remain unmedicated and don't want to take anything unless absolutely necessary. I worry about which is the lesser of two evils for me, so I was wondering whether being unmedicated was common, or if it even sounded like a feasible option?

Anonymous asked: My parents, mostly my mom, think that I fully control how I feel and my mom says that she thinks the diagnosis of bipolar was bs. When it was made by two different doctors and even I think that it fits. But my mom tells me to snap out of it. And they keep telling me I am messed up and that I do this to myself. I try explaining it but all they do is yell. Recently it has gotten so bad and stressful...

Anonymous asked: could you possibly make the ask that was about not wanting to get better and the answer that went with it rebloggable? i think thats a very important issue that many people have. i myself have a similar dilemma where i'm starting to realize that even though i've been resisting treatment, i need it, and reading that someone else has had this problem, and that they have overcome it is very...

Request to be rebloggable

If you admit that you’re trying to induce manic periods and are regularly harming yourself, your mom isn’t being “stupid” by trying to protect you. She’s being a mother. She’s not against you. I hate to say this, but the fact of the matter is, if you don’t want to get help, you’re not going to get help. You need help. You need to figure out why you want to sabotage your own recovery. But if you...

Anonymous asked: Hello, I love your blog. I just would like to know how long can an hypomanic/manic episode last? My pdoc keeps increasing my mood stabilizers every visit (for the past couple months) stating that I'm hypomanic. I disagree because I don't think that an episode can last that long.

In case you haven’t heard TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FUCKYEAHBIPOLAROWL. “Who announces and celebrates the anniversary of a blog? Like seriously Dev, get a life.” Someone somewhere is murmuring negatively. And to that I say [[MORE]] 2011 was a shitty year for me. The start of 2012 wasn’t much better. My life was turned upside down. I was in a place I couldn’t have ever...

Today is the one year anniversary of FYBO

Corny post about my feels coming soon, but for now. . cake, presents and party hats for every one!

My Relationship Experiences with Bipolarism

While being undiagnosed and untreated, I had no idea why my relationships (friendly and romantic) were not working and why I was so moody. Many of my relationships failed during an episode that I could (and sometimes still cannot) control. My friends and partners would always get annoyed with me when I was manic and angry during my crashes. Many thought (and told me)I was crazy and refused to talk...

Anonymous asked: I am in a major dilemma right now. I have been taking lamictal for about 7 months and it works great. But the thing is I don't want to get better. I don't sleep on purpose, I abuse caffeine, and so on. I've always lied to my psychiatrist about how often I self harm, usually saying once a week. I don't know what to do because if I tell her the truth she will tell my mom, and my...

Anonymous asked: Im 16 and was diagnosed two months ago with Bipolar type 2, am extremely paranoid especially with my parents and family. When I visit my psychiatrist I have trouble telling him what happens because my dad is sitting next to me in the room. And last time we went, my appointments are usually at 8. So last time my dad was really tired and didn't want to be there. Im very uncomfortable and...

Anonymous asked: In recent events my family suspects that my mother might be bipolar, but because she's incredibly sensitive we haven't actually gotten around to talking to her about it yet. We are taking small steps to doing so, but the problem is that I've always noticed that the way me and my mother behave are similar. I read that Bipolar can be hereditary and I'm worried I might have it. I...