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Re: Reply: Just got Diagnosed and then compare it to this thread.
Attention is what she wants: ignore it, censor those who come with the intent to stimulate and abuse multiple boards. There is a history of doing it on nearly every board. For the greater good it is better to kick one!.
And for those of you who haven't read the changes in the privacy policy "read them". In a nutshell it entitles WebMd to share and track information with third-parties that pay to use their site. This is site is moving towards a position of arguably promoting illness in some respects. Mental health should not be a business.
See ya later Peeps,
Miss yaView Thread

P.S. Even at the crisis hotline the majority of the calls we received and therefore trained for were not for persons who were suicidal. That actually happened rarely although it was a suicide-hotline those are also perfectly fine to call. If I had some money to put on it, I'd guess that is at least part of why they are called crisis or hot-lines now. The larger ones will be able to accomodate better. They want people to call before things turn into a potentially life threatening situation.View Thread

Dear anonymous. I saw the hyperlink comparing yourself to Temple Grandin and I laughed because you certainly you don't think in pictures and while I said you were intelligent, please don't misconstrue that for being a visionary that goes on every single da*77## board to enflame conversation.View Thread

Give yourself a little permission to have fun and don't feel guilty about it (not saying go out and sleep with random people). The only suggestion I have, because it sounds like you are doing everything right is call a warm-line if you want to work out problems with more in depth analysis. Sometimes that helps people. Few people function wholly without breaks. If the warm-line isn't your thing and you don't want to open up to NAMI immediately jot these things down (sometimes it helps motivate when the easier is at the top) and cross off as you brainstorm or complete.
P.S. Use all the characters you want! You bring alot to this board, for many.View Thread

As for why I am compelled to do so, many who are still on here today helped me in more ways than I could imagine about five years ago and I have been watching and documenting these narratives.
I will not let people I care about be manipulated. This individual can ask for help the right way or can continue to dramatize, fictionalize and make up stories, but the others have a right to know precisely what is happening.
P.S. If I ever need a consultant for a private practice after finishing school I'll look you up.
Would the next anonymous or individual who stakes a claim with an anonymous pseudonym please stand up!View Thread


P.S. Anonymous, whoever you are, put your intelligence to better use because you certainly have a brain and it is not worth wasting. WebMd if you are promoting that user as a springboard for discussion on all the different boards they are on that is truly a shame.View Thread


For the record Dr. Goldberg never suggested changing anything. That does emphasize something I'd like to point out. It sounds like you may be taking what your doctors are saying and misinterpreting them a bit, albeit unintentionally.
Above you mention you've made it through situations "according to your manic/depressive cycle" however you have only been on the medication five days, for a brief period during an outbreak of shingles and I really am not getting the sense you have any idea what bipolar is? You can predict a menstrual cycle with a fair degree of accuracy, some persons with bipolar can be triggered by seasonal changes or other events but have never heard of "set" days that can be pinpointed to the degree you are describing with the amount of inaccuracies in your post. Before you come on to a bipolar community and recommend to others that they should take Lyrica perhaps you should go to a Psychiatrist, (different from a family practictioner managing pain after a crash or a Psychologist) for an evaluation. Perhaps you misunderstood what the Psychologist was conveying? It's great that you have the pain under control and coping mechanisms to handle situations better than you did before.View Thread

We both realized what it was particularly when the medications were adjusted and fortunately we had a friendship that was so much stronger. You are absolutely right in regards to loyal friends and people do not understand our situation.
I hear you too on losing friends when you're not feeling so hot. It gets tough as we get older and people have life's that are busier. They want to spend their time out having fun. There's friends that I know will never disappear, but others that really want consistency and having lost a couple good friends I think due to this I have to at least recognize their perspective too. There were times I was bitter the apology wasn't recognized but they hung in their longer than most and had to let it go so to speak.View Thread
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