Posted: Jun 8, 08 7:54pm
I can sympathize with anyone that lives or works with a bi-polar person. I have had the disease for most of my life and I believe my mother had it also but at that time it was not known. She had various moods at different times and little things seem to set her off.
I am alone dealing with this and it is taking my life away a day at a time. I have lost jobs, because I can't deal with a lot of people around me, I love being alone, but then need that arm around my shoulder telling me that everything will be alright. Sometimes that is all it would take.
The more knowledge you have regarding the disease the more you can help your mate or yourself. I have done a lot of research on the internet, asked the doctors a lot of questions, have gone through a series of different medications to fit my episodes. I suffer from manic depression not the suicidal side of it.
It's kind of ironic though because I can actually feel the anger or anxiety building up inside of me wanting me to come out. It is a very strange feeling. Like most of us we have a hard time dealing with it ourselves because we cannot control it. Many years ago the girl across the street used to call me the "crazy lady". She ended up marrying my son. Can you beat that?
