Depression Treatment Care

Question by Smart @ss: How to handle manic depression without meds or therapy?
Is this a bad idea?
I haven’t found meds that work for me yet, and it’s getting very tiring I kinda gave up on them.
The meds DON’T make me feel better…or worse. I am like a zombie, with no feelings at all. This is why I have chosen not to take them.

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Answer by Joanna
I think your doctor know best of this one. You may need medication. Why suffer if a tablet makes you feel better.

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Question by Bob: Bipolar (manic depression) How do you handle the depressive rocketing out into mania?
My roommate has become a “Rocket Man” with manic behavior and I am stuck here with his mania. As I am bipolar myself, I am aware of the symptoms, but don’t know how to handle this guy.

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Answer by burning for you
give him a smoke… and clean your room more often

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Hi – I’m very new to all of this and am soooo glad to have found this forum!!

I’ve been going out with my girlfriend for six months. She was upfront with me from the start that she suffers from manic depression. She’s on Lithium daily and annually sees a psych to make sure everything is in check.

Recently though she’s moved into her own place and this seems to have brought on more depressive episodes. Recently she has been extremely caught up on my past relationship – I was going out with a girl long term, we broke up and then I met her. What she can’t get over is how I ‘got over’ this past relationship so quickly – I told her that I didn’t – that I grieved and cried and hurt. She can’t seem to accept this though – it’s like her brain is ’stuck’. Last night we were talking about it again and she started shaking, wanted to throw a glass at the wall and she kept saying ‘it’s in my head, it’s in my head’. She believes me – but it’s like her mind won’t let her ‘believe’ it.

I had never seen one of these ‘psychotic episodes’ – as she called it – but I was supportive and comforting but I could see she was in a LOT of mental pain.

Then at the end of our long discussion she asked if we could ‘just be friends for a while’? At first I was shocked but soon pulled myself together.

She said she needs to go into her own world for a bit, hibernate and get her thoughts together. She said she doesn’t like partners seeing her in this state – and I have no choice but to respect her wishes.

So I’ve agreed to give her ‘time’ – she still wants to remain friends and hang out together and we both agreed we didn’t want to ‘lose each other’.

So of course now my anxiety is kicking in big time but what can I do except still be her friend, don’t pressure her and hope she’ll give us a second chance once she ’sorts herself out’?

Any advice much appreciated. I really love this girl and don’t want to lose her.

Since January of last year, I’ve struggled with my emotions. I was in therapy for about six months for mild manic depression before moving for college in August.
I’d like to naturally be able to better handle my emotions.
How can I do this?

I’m in love with my bf but he has manic depression amd flys off the handle at anything even stuff that that is so small and doesn’t matter at all.He is always paranoid and thinks I’m cheating on him.I don’t know how to help him.We’ve been together 3 months.