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A loving reminder from our dearly missed Space Mom
I like the fact that the two most well-known uses for lithium are treating people who are bipolar, and making batteries, which are also bipolar but in a completely different way.
to all of my fellow bipolar havers out there: do y'all get songs stuck in your head when manic or hypomanic? i'm not talking about your average earwig, i'm asking if you get the same song stuck in your head for HOURS. if you aren't listening to other music or having a conversation, it's there. it might make it hard to sleep or concentrate. for me, it's usually a very short yet memorable section of the song that repeats like a broken record. i sometimes get songs stuck in my head when i'm not hypomanic, but this is always an indicator of when my mood is in flux bc of how consistent it is as a marker for me and how much it interferes with my thought process.
am i alone in this? i can't find anything in the medical literature about this regarding bipolar in particular, just ocd.
I wish people with stress induced psychosis a very good night
I wish people with substance abuse induced psychosis a very good night
I wish people with schizophrenia (and all disorders in that field) a very good night
I wish people with bipolar induced psychosis a very good night
I wish people with brain trauma induced psychosis a very good night
I wish people with psychosis a very good night
Hi, I just found your blog and I'm really appreciating the content. I haven't been diagnosed with bipolar but I have been diagnosed with adhd. That said I suspect I may have bipolar and want to ask my psych about a diagnosis when possible. In the meantime I wanted to ask if you're comfortable with people who aren't diagnosed with bipolar following and reblog gong/generally interacting with your page? Thanks ❤️
Yeah you can follow! This blog is intended for bipolar people, but those who are unsure of their diagnosis/people who just want to learn more are more than welcome! :^)
when the meds kick in and bring you down from a full blown manic episode
I think more people should know that bipolar is also a circadian rhythmic disorder.
Basically, with bipolar our body clock is messed up.
A lot of people can set their body clock by going to sleep and waking up at the same hour, their body is able to do it on its own after some time.
But with bipolar, this habits and routines of the body don't stick. So making a routine is essential for recovery but even once that routine is set, unlike with neurotypicals, it's easy to knock it off track.
But i also think this translates into a lot of things. People always told me "if you do something every day for a month you'll start doing it automatically from then on" and similar things that just never seemed to apply to me but worked for everyone else.
The ground that is founed in routine is so hard to set and you lose the balance quickly. The middle does not come easy to us.
remember to take your pills today!
hope my manic bitches are doing well out there <3
fyi to yall in quarantine whos grasp on reality is getting a little slippery: isolation, intense boredom, stress and lack of positive routine are absolutely contributing factors to exacerbating psychosis and psychosis-adjacent disorders, even latent ones. im not saying this to fearmonger im saying it so u can recognise it and take steps to handle it especially if it induces your first ever episode.
some warning signs can include
starting to believe unusual things that you previously did not believe (e.g. living in a simulation / you or others around you not being real / secretly being in hell or dead / otherworldly beings communicating with you somehow / government conspiracies / everyone around you is out to get you and harboring ill intent)
seeing things youre pretty sure arent there (e.g. shadow people, floating lights, stationary objects moving on their own, animals in a house that doesnt have pets)
hearing things (e.g. murmured voices, occasional clear and loud voices, faint music, scratching sounds, any without a source)
feeling a sense of dread or generalised paranoia, a sense that you are being watched or that something terrible is looming on the horizon but you dont know what
having extra trouble putting your thoughts in order and speaking coherently, cannot concentrate, space out to the point of feeling slightly catatonic
those most at risk are anyone with a family history of this vein of mental illness as well as those using certain drugs to get through the tedium of quarantine - if this is you, its best to research whether the substances youre using have documented links to triggering episodes of psychosis in users. weed is included in this, not just psychoactive drugs.
here are some steps you can take to get a handle on the situation if your grasp on reality is slipping like this and you cant access irl mental health resources.
have a routine. this is vitally important - you need structure. set an alarm for a specific time every day, even though you have nowhere to be. give yourself a bedtime. eat 2 meals a day, at least, at regular times.
leave the house. no, i dont mean Go Out, just be outside for a while every day or two. go for a walk if you can. stand outside your house for 15 minutes paying attention to the cars and the birds and the breeze and the clouds if you cant. really observe your surroundings. get sunlight.
on that note - let as much natural light into your house as possible during waking hours. your circadian rhythm needs it.
take up some form of hobby that requires physical engagement - whether thats journaling, drawing, making origami, gardening, cooking. the point of this is to ground yourself in your body and the world around you, have an affect on your surroundings, and stimulate your brain.
dont dwell on your delusions, hallucinations or distressing trains of thought if you can help it. that isnt to say "snap out of it and just dont have symptoms", but rather accept them without either judging them or overindulging in them. observe them as they happen, accept that they happen, and let it go, if you can. you may not be able to control the experiences, but you can control how you react to them, and the best case scenario is not allowing them to overwhelm your thoughts and your days. this is much easier said than done, especially if the experiences are distressing in nature, but the aim is to sever the feedback loop that causes further stress and thus further bad extrasensory experiences.
this is honestly just a basic surface scratch of advice though bc im by no means an expert, just someone w latent psychosis who used to work in the field for a while. there are tons of resources online by others who have experienced psychosis that can be a huge help if u think you might be at risk due to the stress, boredom and uncertainty of quarantine
@mumblingsage added: #this is probably the first time I've ever seen actionable advice for handling psychosis#I don't see if OP mentioned getting yourself a sleep schedule but please try to do so if you can#lack of sleep will make everything worse
Good, actionable advice. My own issues are in the depression and anxiety side of things, but this is also something to watch out for.
Yes yes yes to all of this.
Also -- pro tip if you think you're having visual or auditory hallucinations: use your phone to record what you're seeing/hearing. Then you can review the playback yourself, or send it to a friend who can tell you "Nope, nothing there, you're good."
Great, useful info. Check our Psychosis tag for more on the topic, including more about that last camera trick.
I have actually had a psychotic episode because of this pandemic. These tips are super important!
psychosis isn’t evil. psychosis isn’t bad. psychosis or ‘psychotic’ should not be insults. because they are not bad. people with psychosis are not evil.