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Jan 21, 2020 at 10:24 AM
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e.g., On average, I've been stable about 50% of the time. Though, in 2019, I was stable about 75% of the time.
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Jan 21, 2020 at 10:31 AM
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Hmmm, tough one. I'd say on average I'm stable about 60% of the time, though for 2019 probably more like 40%.
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Jan 21, 2020 at 10:36 AM
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>90%. I didnt even get sick until 36....then I had a month of psychosis was fine after than until I started having cognitive issues for a couple of years but mood was stable.
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Jan 21, 2020 at 10:47 AM
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It's a bit difficult for me to know for sure. I believe I had prolonged periods of milder mania at times in my life. Only looking back do I recognize that likelihood. At the time, I lacked insight. I can say that I was mostly or fully stable between the following years:
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Jan 21, 2020 at 10:51 AM
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These days I don't know that I'm ever really stable... At best I get 2-3 weeks every two months or so.
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Jan 21, 2020 at 11:36 AM
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As far as euphoric then angry mania, I don't experience it with the meds I take. I'm still battling the depression and the obsessive anxiety, however, which feels like a dysphoric mania because I feel agitated. Honestly, I am not sure what "stable" means. I hope I find out when the Latuda I've been taking for a couple of weeks does its job.
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Jan 21, 2020 at 01:53 PM
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Oh, gosh, it's so hard to say. I guess I would say overall. over all the years, maybe about 50% of the time.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 01:11 AM
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I have no idea how to even think of an answer.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 02:23 AM
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Ive been bipolar for only 5yrs and Ive been stable for lets say 10mths total whilst bipolar. If my calculations are correct Ive been stable for more than 90 percent of my life.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 06:21 AM
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My whole life has been hard. I was stable from 40-44. Lots of anxiety as a child. Lots of trauma as a teen. Up and down until I was 40 or so. Since coming off lorazepam I have horrid anxiety again. I'm 45 now.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 07:07 AM
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It took around 15 years to come to terms with being bipolar 2 after diagnosis and being myself. I guess that puts the numbers at 60% stable, but it feels less than that. I'm not coping and living in survival mode when I'm set off, but taking an active role instead.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 08:06 AM
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I'm stable more often than not but can't really say because when I break I'm down and out for like a year.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 04:25 PM
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I tend to be stable about 1/3 of the time although I believe that number is getting higher with my current cocktail of meds.
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Jan 22, 2020 at 10:06 PM
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Very difficult question for me to answer. Childhood years had a lot of trauma. But I repressed a lot. So maybe stable then 50%.
At age 13 til now I have experienced 3 years of stability before becoming unstable. Another med added and one taken away and I feel stable again. But it has only been for a short while. I am embarrassed to say that since age 13 until now stability is something I am only learning about these past few years which would put my rating around 5%. That's too horrible for me to think about. I will post this and then promptly forget this particular topic. Right now I re-entered a good part of my life and hopefully can focus on keeping it that way for as long as possible |
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Jan 23, 2020 at 01:55 PM
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