completely depressed
 

I deleted what this post said, because I'm sick of insensitive people bitching about it. But thank you very much to all of you who kept me in their thoughts! :) I'm feeling 100% better now. I'm so glad people care. :)

I'll definitely keep you in my prayers! I hope your refill comes in for you soon, so you can start feeling less moody.

And if you can't vent to us, who can you vent to? :)

Thanks! And I knew GC was good for something. ;)

I just thanked our Lord for making you feel better :)

I have 2 immediate family members who struggle with bipolar and I have dealt with depression and anxiety, so I definitely empathize with you. Not having the meds and dealing with the med withdrawal can be a bitch, too. I'll keep you in my prayers and hope things look up soon!

good thoughts and prayers are with you...
may a resolution come quickly...

i am praying for you allie. smiley 21 is here to put a smiley on your face!!:D

I've also been diagnosed with BPD, so I can totally relate. My advice is to do the exact opposite of what you feel like doing. I do know how hard that can be - yet I also know how much better I've felt afterwards!! You say you feel like staying in bed and crying. So, get out of the house, go for a walk or to the gym (exercise is such a great depression-killer!!). Go to the mall and people watch (leave your credit cards and checkbook locked in the trunk or the buying frenzy may send you over to extreme mania!!). Go to the movies - upbeat ones like kids Shrek 2 - but go easy on the candy so as to not aggravate the mania.

Hope that helps! :)

(hmmm... did you ask for advice? no. sorry.:p )

This is good advice. Exercise is great for relieving depression. Get out there and do something active. I know this is easier said then done (and trust me I know) but it'll help until your meds come in.
Take care.

Was it really necessary to start two threads on this? I'm sure many of us read things we disagree with but we don't post threads about being depressed from what we read on GC.

You say that you think you don't get many dates because of your condition, do you believe that's the only reason? If you're telling the truth about taking your medication on regular basis, I doubt that you are being rejected because of your condition. I've known many people who have mental conditions and have successful love and social lives. These are usually the people who have confidence and take responsibility for their own actions. They don't blame everyone or everything when they're feeling down. Your insecurities and hypersentivity about your condition is probably what is driving guys away, not your bipolar itself.

I find it ironic that you find yourself in the position to enlighten others on the sensitivity to anything.

Your comments are neither sensitive nor enlightened.

Dionysus, I think that was [overly] harsh. I didn't see two threads in the general forums about this and a search didn't bring up what I would call an identical one.
Regardless - and this is nothing more than my opinion - as the above was yours, I see ChitChat as a place where we can place whatever is on our minds that doesn't naturally fit in with most of the rest of the forums.
I hope long term GC member sairose starts to feel better and if GC members can help bump that process along... so much the better. :)
But the above was your opinion, and I respect that.

Where did I say or imply that my comments were supposed to be sensitive? Just because I advocate racial sensitivity, I can't rant about others' hypersensitivity? Everything is not in black and white (no pun intended). There's a such thing as insensitivity, sensitivity, and hypersensitivity. IMO sairose overreacted to many of the comments posted on other threads.

I hope you feel better soon. You need to discuss an alternate course of action w/ your doctor because if you feel as if your drugs are so ineffective as to affect your behavior (hence your social life) then you need something else. That's what they're there for. BTW, are you taking Lexapro? If so, PM me. (Even if you aren't, you can PM me anyways, if you want!)

I think being on GC so much right now isn't a good thing. People will say things that in your altered state you may misconstrue and it will just exacerbate the problem. Not that we don't want you on here, but be careful what threads you join! :)

Haha.

As someone who suffers from depression and takes meds for it, though, I'm going to have to agree with Dionysus. I basically get psychotic if I skip my meds for more than a day -- and from what I've seen of the people I know who are bipolar, it's even worse for them. Chances are going on and off your meds will affect your social/love life more than the condition itself. People understand that depression (bipolar or unipolar) isn't something that you can control and they make allowances for it . . . but they don't understand it when you're deliberately not taking your meds or making it so you can't get your meds (like not refilling them on time) -- both of which are actually pretty common for those who are depressed, but harder for the average non-depressed person to understand, and often it really bothers them.

Is there anyway that next time you can get these pills so that you don't have to skip a few days?