yes, i would say lifestyle was a contributing factor. but then again,
as any shrink worth his salt will tell you, bi-polar is
multi-factorial. but heck yes, reducing the number of contributing
factors will definitely help you manage the bipolar

On 27/08/06, aliwalliwooo <aliwalliwooo@...> wrote:
>
> --- In BAD_MD@..., "andydoolan" <andydoolan@t...>
> wrote:
> >hi
>
> your post caught my attention because my ex boyfriend was a chef and
> suffered bi polar. HE didnt know he had it but he did (compulsive
> lying, spending, extreme unfaithfulness, over confident/ low
> depression, highs and lows)Oh and not keeping a job.
>
> i am wondering if it it triggered by bad diet through working long
> hours. he would go days by surviving on a mars bar a day and smoking
> tons. He ate nothing but crap and didnt sleep much either??????
>
> alixxxxxxxxxx
>
> > i'm Andy, 5 and a bit years ago i took ill was a chef working 70
> hr
> > weeks had a sort of break down was seeing and hearing things very
> low
> > anxious and not sleeping. Anyway this is the first site that i
> thought
> > i should use not sure wat to write tho so i'm just gonna tell bit
> bout
> > me if that's cool?
> > at that stage of my life i was absolutely terrified of wat was
> > happening to me. went to my g.p bout the insomnia and depression
> too
> > scared to mention my psychosis tho. g.p tried around 6 anti
> > depressents which as u will all know takes time a long time! family
> > had moved me back home as i couldn't take care of myself and my
> > girlfriend couldn't cope. my 2nd week my mum demanded that i saw a
> > psychiatrist was taken up to the local psyche ward the doc said i
> was
> > "SCARED OF LIFE" and prescribed beta blockers! fuc*%g idiot!
> needless
> > to say i was upset started self harming that night went too far mum
> > found me passed out in the morn rushed to a&e then admitted to the
> > psych ward. hadnt spoken thru this untill have been told these
> were my
> > only coherent words muttered when the same psych came to asses me i
> > said to the charge nurse if the doc didnt leave i'd rip his head
> off
> > luckily the nurse was good and transferred me. Anyway i,m ranting
> was
> > in ward fopr 3 mnths had ect not nice experience although i did
> repeat
> > it a yr later. in and out the ward 6 times now. Diagnosed with,
> > depression first then psychotic dep when i finally came clean with
> the
> > psychosis stuff. just under 2 yrs ago was having really bad mood
> > swings got into bad debt spending like crazy sooo much energy sooo
> > happy toooo confident. then a day or even a few hrs later the dark
> > raincloud would fall and i'd burst into tears no matter where i
> was!
> > Was takenin again diagnosed bi polar (rapid cycling)started on mood
> > stabilisers (on 2 now)along with my anti psychotic and the to date
> > only anti depressent thats worked on me. That's been over a year
> now
> > i'v started to get my life back with the fantastic help of my
> > psychologist and cpn, im starting a ou course soon i'v been clear
> of
> > hospital, unfortunately i lost my g/f altghough she's a great
> friend
> > now. i'v found that one of the worst things about it all is the
> > enormous appetite increase i used to be a strong fit rugby player
> now
> > i'm fekin 24 st! oh and another is the fact it caused me to be so
> self
> > centered hurting my friends and family was a past time activity.
> > well i'v been stable for a year now starting to try and put myself
> > out there again i have brill mates and family stood by me where
> many
> > wouldn't but they all have lives of there own. i live alone and get
> > lonely and bored. aww! but if anyone out there actually makes it to
> > the bottom of this posting without crashing out please let me know
> wat
> > u think? how have you made new friends?
> > if u managed it thanks for reading
> > Andy
> >
>
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