19/F. Anyone else have a problem with compulsive shopping sprees or buying unnecessary things online that they don't need? I find myself on Amazon all the time because getting packages gives me something to look forward to. Thoughts? How can I stop it, or at least manage the habit?
19/F I have a really hard time controlling myself while I'm in a depressive state or in hypomania. The target of all my sadness and pain is my most recent ex-boyfriend. I feel like I'm about to go into a frenzy and end up doing something that'll land me in jail. Someone talk some sense into me, I'm desperate, and I don't want to keep feeling like this. Any advice helps, thanks. :)
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I take 100mg of lamictal, 10mg of abilify, 10mg of viibryd, and now I was prescribed 150mg of wellbutrin. I'm taking two antidepressants to help with my bipolar 2 depression. What's yall's experience on this drug?
19/F. I want to get this back tattoo but I'm hesitant because I'm so young...I'm worried I'll regret it and I'm worried about the aftercare.
19/F. I keep running into trouble with skipping my meds, not taking my medication, or having thoughts about permanently stopping my meds altogether. What keeps you guys on your medication? I'm bipolar 2, and I will 100% plumet into a deep depression if I don't continue the medication, but I'm just so tired of taking pills. :( Does anyone have reminders or something that keeps them taking their meds?
Does anyone else know what triggers their bipolar 2 diagnosis to become worse? Breakups tend to trigger a deeply sunken depression for me, and I don't really know how to dig myself out of the hole. I'm extremely angry because I'm sad, but I don't really know what to do to resolve the feeling. I was thinking about consulting my psychiatrist, but I don't know what I could take that would help with the depression. Thoughts?
19/F. I was diagnosed with Bipolar 2 in August of 2025. My mother has bipolar 2 disorder, but she doesn't take any medication for it. She doesn't take medication because, in her words, it "took too many years" off her life, giving her memory problems, suicidal thoughts, and weight gain.
To me, my diagnosis is still very fresh, and I'm having a hard time accepting it even after all this time. A psychiatrist gave me the diagnosis after I described the following symptoms:
-Depression: most dominant mood, Hypomania: can occur alongside depression or sometimes occur on its own, Hypersexuality: always occurs with hypomania.
-My mood often cycles, never being consistent and constantly changing, weeks at a time.
Ever since I started medication, these symptoms have gotten better (depression has lessened, hypomania has subsided, and hypersexuality has been reduced. But over time, I've gotten tired of taking pills every day. I know Bipolar disorder is a long-term, lifelong condition, and I need to keep taking my meds, but I'm questioning if I even have it anymore.
I'm in a new phase in my life, I'm fresh out of a breakup, going to another college to become a med lab tech, and I'm trying to pursue my dreams despite the hand dealt me. I was thinking about consulting my psych about getting off of my meds, but I honestly think shit will spiral if I even dare to go off my meds. What should I do?
19/F. Ever since my ex boyfriend dumped me I feel like I lost a part of myself.
He used to pick me up and take me to new places to see. Now that he wants nothing to do with me, I don't have any fun anymore.
How do you guys deal with the loneliness? I've been taking my meds and attending therapy, but I just feel like self harming again. I'm tired of being in emotional pain.