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what an interesting thought. its good that you've been better with Bipolar but it doesnt work that way for everyone.. I myself find that bipolar really ruined me.

Oh Sara, this is years of work and learning. It did not come naturally or easily. Seven years of hard work...and some real bad times. I just enjoy giving others some hope.

Interesting, I'm kind of at the same place as you. It feels good, doesn't it?
I think what's helped me is I've not been seeing myself as "bipolar", just as I don't see myself as "diabetic", I'm me, know what I mean? Being bipolar isn't something I think about on a daily basis anymore.
I hope to come back & check for your reply, but if I don't remember, would you please email me at janelovestarzan@gmail.com?

I am pretty much where you are thanks to the Lithium.

I agree with Jane - I truly don't think about it as much. However, at times, I tend to put everything towards Bipolar when I am feeling a certain way.

But all in all, I am doing much better..so better that I am going back to College to become a Counselor!

just to inform my blog address has been changed to http://agriefobserved2.blogspot.com
hope to see you there.

gosh, it's so difficult really. i think that consistency is one of those things that will continue to elude me for the rest of my life. but there are things that you can pat yourself on the back for as far as consistency is concerned.

the love you have of your family, children and yourself. your writing perhaps and i'm sure many many more things. don't beat yourself up about the things you have trouble with as it's not worth it one bit.

all we can do is take things one step at a time and one day at a time every minute of every day.

i have been stable for awhile now. god it feels good. hope it lasts awhile

Trying to be consistent always put a lot of strain and pressure on your shoulders. Why not live your life at a leisurely pacing so that you can be more relaxed and composed. Having to cope with the almost unbearable symptoms of bipolar disorder is already a heavy burden to carry and there is no more need to exacerbate it further.

It is best to share your load with someone stronger than you. Why not try to share it with Jesus. "Cast all your anxiety on Him for He cares for you." (1Peter 5:7) When depression tend to set in, why not, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith." (Hebrews 12:2a)

You can always cry your heart out to Him. He will always be available
at your beck and call. He will never be indisposed to hear you out. And there are no busy lines with Him. Maybe you have tried out everything in your life, why not try Jesus? He is always there patiently waiting at the door of your heart. If you open its door and invite Him in, He will enter in
and sup with you. (Revelation 3:20)

God loves you so much. Remember, He died for you.

God bless you with everything that's good and pleasant in life. I will pray for you as I am praying all those suffering from bipolar disorder.

While it's getting easier, I wish I could say "Consistency and regularity in the mundane and necessary, well that is a must and is achieved."

May your successes continue.

well, i have a smart remark i can make about you consistently not posting, but what i really want to say is i hope you're doing well.

I am also some one who is doing much, much better with this illness- and yet my moods are not consistant. I have more than my share of bad days, spend too much time adjusting meds, dealing with side effects. On my good days everything seems possible, and I can accomplish a lot. But when things are bad, I fall behind, and then spend so much time playing catch-up. Nothing is consistant. However I am feeling, there will be a time soon when I will be feeling something different. I know that this is true for "normal people" too, but I think that it is more so for bipolars.

It depends on what your definition of consistency is. For me, it's consistent improvement, and that I have been achieving, and therefore I can say I've been "consistent".

Perhaps just a bunch of semantics to make me feel better, but there has to be some truth behind it. If you start comparing yourself to the consistency of people who aren't affected by the disorder you're just asking to feel inadequate.

Consistency is great, and I strive for it. I've changed my job to something with definite structure to it, which has helped. But again, the chicken and egg thing, when things are starting to go off course, I notice that things are not consistent. What happened first, me going off course which produces inconsistent results, or does the lack of consistency drive me there?

Hey Mom. I'm trying to get a book about bipolar, meant for those first facing the disease out in front of those who need it. Can you help? I'm a fellow consumer.

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Thanks,

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I very much like your blog -- it is interesting and inciteful. I too am a writer and find writing is very therapeutic for someone like myself who is Bipolar II. I've started a blog called The Bipolar CEO (www.bipolarceo.com) where I cronicle my current life as well as my childhood, diagnosis, medications, relationships, etc. I certainly will return again.

I hope that you haven't stopped writing here. I just found your blog, and am finding it very helpful/insightful.

Hey there,

Oxymoron? yes. Is it impossible to have consistency and still be bipolar? no. I really think that people should try to control what they can like their routines, eating, and sleeping patterns. The rest of it is out of our hands. I've tried desperately to keep some kind of order in my life, and I found that when I did succeed, I was happier and a little more even keel.

It's really hard to get consistency without any support, and there are alot of online resources for people to help get it. I personally use DailySTrength. It's a website with lots of communities for depression, bipolar disorder, ADD, anxiety...basically anything you can think of. I really think that the bipolar community would benefit from your input.

If you want to check it out, the url is:

http://dailystrength.org/support/Mental_Health_Addiction/Bipolar_Disorder/

Thanks so much! Keep up the posting!

Sincerely-

Chantal P.

Mom, are you there? I miss your comments. Please let me know if you want to read my blog anymore, it's been privatized and I need your email address to add you. Take care.

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Just reading that title struck a chord in me. I struggle so hard to find consistency everyday I wake up with dread because i just don't know what I'll end up doing that day.... runing around like a headless chicken rattling everyone's cages or lying in bed with my covers pulled over my head.
But I asked myself whether consistency is what you want because then I would complain about the "mundane and necessary" and it's so frustating to be caught between that oxymoron.

Consistency is something i have yet to master as a bipolar twenty-something.

I admire anyone who can do it but i just find it impossible. My mind goes in too many directions too frequently.

I think it depends on what you want out of consistency. If you want to maintain a mood that doesn't swing, then is that any good if that mood level is a depressed state?

I was diagnosed about 18 months ago, and until recently I was so fearful of the risks of allowing myself to have a slightly elevated mood that I made sure I always stepped on the side of caution in judging how much medication (depakote for me) to take.

Recently, however, after months of carefully tracking my mood state along with my dosage, my psychiatrist gave me license to shoot for a slightly elevated mood, rather than a (safer) slightly depressed mood. It's a trickier balance to maintain, I'm finding.

For those who are interested, I'm documenting this as a ten week project on my blog. I'm gay, and there is some (non-offensive) homoerotic imagery on my site, so please feel free not to visit if that would put you off. But I'd value anybody else's input on my approach, which, touch wood, seems to be working so far.

Of course the true test is the long haul, like for you Mom, Interupted.

http://www.deafvideo.tv/watch/5463

Check out this wonderful link about bipolar.

Love the blog. I also suffer from bipolar. I recently created a web site to inform and educate others about bipolar disorder. It also lets them peek into my life and see what it's really like. I would be honored if you could like my site from yours. and I would do the same. My site it called www.anothermanicmonday.com

Thanks so much!

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Our inconsistency huh?
so it hasn't been only me who hasn't blogged for nearly a year. Hope all is well

consistency sucks

Im not bipolar, but I suffer from severe depression, and of late have been having a really hard time again.Mary

I AM VERY GREATFUL TO LEAVE A COMMENT HERE, BECAUSE I GO THROUGH THE EXACT SAME THING YOU DO AT TIMES...

In having Bipolar one of the things I deal with often is quitting jobs. Ever since I was diagnosed in 1998 I have had one job after another. The reason why I am writing about this issue is because when you have Bipolar you tend to have less of a desire about things after you get yourself in a situation. I don’t know If it’s a high to make a decision all at once to just quit something so after you can get that high feeling of you showed them. Is it a thing that you felt for awhile you weren’t in control by going to work everyday and the hum drum of a routine.

So then you make a decision to just quit or walk away from the situation. It’s that way with relationships in my life also... I would get involved with a girl and move in with her and all of a sudden say well I don’t want to do this anymore... So I pack up all my stuff and leave (like nothing happened).

Over time that can really be a strain on the ole self... The Bipolar get’s you so wore out at times. Just a week ago I had a great full time job with basically doing nothing but watching television all night in someone’s house I was over seeing. I got tired of it and never went back to work. Called them up and said I just don’t want to do this anymore.

If anyone else deals with this would you please let me know and others know about it... We would all like to hear your stories. The more you comment the more support we gain from each other. So many times we with Bipolar feel so alone and isolated in this world.

It’s very hard some days to get out of bed at all, you just want to have one day where your mind isn’t going 90 mph...

WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ILLNESS!!!!!
PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN COME FOR SUPPORT!!!
http://bipolarworldz.blogspot.com/ contact me @ irunwithsizzers7@aol.com Shane

Hi,

I came across your blog and wanted to say hello. My name is Iri Amirav and I am a co-founder at iMedix. iMedix is a website that helps hundreds of thousands of patients every month and we’ve recently decided to form a Support Group for Bipolar patients: http://www.imedix.com/Bipolar

I am looking for leaders who will be interested to start and manage this group with me and thought you might be a good person to speak with about finding patients in need. I would love to speak with you and tell you more about who we are and what we are trying to accomplish.

Please feel free to contact me by email. In addition, you can find me on the iMedix website under the nickname irus.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,

Iri

irus.imedix@gmail.com

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consistency and regularity. i want that so badly.

very interesting blog.

a fellow bipolar mom,

marsha

I'm consistently inconsistent does that count?

Glad I found your blog.

I don't know if this is possible, i am extremely inconsistent. i change my mind all the time. It;s frustrating. I thought it was me but now I know it's this shitty bipolar..it's almost impossible to finish anything..IT IS KILLING ME! WHAT TO DO???? DOES ANYBODY KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH IT????SERIOUSLY..

http://mentalhospitalinpoland.blogspot.com/

I have Bipolar to. Its been a wild life. My story is on my blog at: http://yourbipolarworld.blogspot.com

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