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I know about Barry’s boiling water incident. But was googling something and the AI overview brought up that Lesley once saved Robin’s life when he was a toddler by pulling him out of a burning fireplace. Then I asked a follow up and it said she actually saved him from drowning. Then I googled it again and the overview said that it was actually Maurice she saved from drowning.

And it brought up a separate incident of Robin crashing his bike at age 7 and nearly dying.

I am also aware of the train derailment, but I’m specifically wondering about these childhood incidents. Can anyone explain to me what’s true?

I (20F) personally think I might have had the most random-chance path to finding them.

For context, Stayin Alive (and Karma Chameleon) was the first music video I ever watched. I guess my dad just said to an 8-year-old me, “check this out.” But the fandom didn’t go beyond that. As a kid I even remember complaining to my dad that he had every Bee Gees song on his iPod (their 60s stuff) other than Stayin Alive. What a naïve little child I was 🤦‍♀️.

I grew up as a fan of Grease, too. And I remember as a pre-teen I watched the first 30 seconds of Saturday Night Fever. But then I turned it off when I realized that John Travolta didn’t sing in it. Another narrow miss, what the heck younger self. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Then, a few years ago, Tragedy was featured in the Beetlejuice sequel. I thought the song was so cool and suave. Did this make me look into the rest of their catalogue? Again, NOPE! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Before I get to what it took to get me into the Bee Gees, I should explain what got me into music in general. My freshman year of college, my sister showed me The Dirt, which got me into Mötley Crüe. This in turn, got me into rock, which got me into Guns N’ Roses. GN’R is what really fueled my music obsession and made me start collecting records.

So here’s where my Bee Gees journey actually begins. I was super into music and was looking through my grandpa’s record collection. So I found a Bee Gees record, right? Wrong again! He had dozens of Bee Gees records and I apparently didn’t bat an eye.

What did catch my eye was a Peter Frampton record. I had heard of him in terms of a guitarist, I assumed he was an Eric Clapton type (Idk how true that is). But I gave it a look. I realized, hey Peter Frampton is pretty cute.

So, one Frampton crush later, I was lead to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band. Which is arguably the worst possibly way to be introduced to the Bee Gees. On the first watch I didn’t even pay much attention to them. I was too focused on Frampton. Although I did think Robin was cute, and I really like Oh, Darling. But I ended up genuinely enjoying the movie. And a couple watches later (forcing various people to watch it) I decided to give the Bee Gees a listen out of courtesy.

THIS is when I found their disco stuff. And I LOVED IT!!! But what really got me was “Words” (which I thought was Robin at the time) bc it showed me the depth of their music. A few months into my Bee Gees dive, I did kind of fall out of listening to them. But it was revived by their Midnight Special Performance of Bye Bye Blackbird.

So after countless failed attempts from the universe to show me the Bee Gees, it turns out I have Mötley Crüe to thank.

I have such a crush on them, but the photos online don’t seem to capture their essence. I have a friend that I want her to see what I see, especially Robin. Any suggestions on music videos I could show her?

Can you connect the Bee Gees to the fiction serial killer in the TV series Dexter?

I found it in 6 steps, but my dad found it in 3.
How many does it take you?

Barry, Robin, Maurice, or Andy?

My moods don’t seem to follow much of a pattern. Its really hard to track because I rarely have just one mood for a few days. I feel like a mixed state doesn’t even explain it either, because it switches back and forth between high and low, not usually both at once. I am not diagnosed yet, and I know something is wrong. But my patterns don’t seem to fit the bipolar diagnosis.

I also tend to have energy crashes/burnout DURING hypomanic episodes, only to snap out of it a few hours later.

I (20F) am not diagnosed yet, and trying to figure out if my patterns fit bipolar. First of all, my energized states are suspiciously productive, but nothing extreme or reckless. And during these multi-day periods of intense productivity, I will have a “crash” that usually only lasts a few hours before I’m back to the energized state. Can this occur in hypomanic episodes, even if they are bot part if a mixed state?

For me, given my high energy baseline I have trouble telling if I’m experiencing hypomania. One way I’ve learned to tell is if it no longer feels like my ADHD is causing problems. I will have no issues initiating tasks. It’s honestly pretty nice “not having ADHD” for a while. I’m wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing? I am not even sure if what I experience would qualify as hypomania. Bc it is pretty much just productivity that feels effortless.

I (20F) have ADHD and suspected bipolar 2. I have been on Adderall for basically my whole life. But I only take it on weekdays during the school year. And I’ve never been very consistent with it.

I have recently start lamotrigine and am currently at 50 mg. I have been hesitant to take my Adderall because in the past it has triggered hypomania. But since the school year is starting up, I was wondering if there is any interactions with my Adderall. I plan to ask my psych, although I’m sure she wouldn’t have prescribed it without warning me. But I was just wondering if anyone has any anecdotal experience?

I have found myself doing this very frequently, usually when I’m crashing. But sometimes just normally. Am I the only one who does this?

I have no intentions of acting on anything. But whenever my depressive states get really bad the thought crosses my mind. I worry it’s been getting more frequent and seeming like a less abstract idea.

I am in the early process of titrating onto lamotrigine (I just increased to 50 mg). So the benefits haven’t kicked in yet. I feel like these thoughts are concerning but I don’t really see a point in telling my psych about this, because I don’t know if there is anything she can do about it.

Is this a wait-it-out sort of situation? And if I don’t tell my psych, what am I supposed to do about this? What sort of help can my psychiatrist provide me for dealing with thoughts in the future?

NOT an emergency, just looking for advice.

When being prescribed lamotrigine, my psychiatrist was warning me about Steven Johns Syndrome. But I wasn’t exactly sure what she said. But when warning about the rash she mentioned my freckles. And it was kinda weird. The only way I could take it was that she thinks my freckles resemble the rash, so it might be hard to notice it. I’m sure she meant no offense, but I really have no idea why she would bring that up.

I also asked her if the meds could cause worsening of symptoms (bc I know that fluoxetine could). And she acted like it was a stupid question, saying something like “no, it makes it better.”

I just overall get weird vibes from her. At least she gave me meds though.

I (20F) do not have any experience dating or with intimacy. But I have been on a few dates with this guy, and I really like him and we are to the point where we want to make sure our goals are compatible. We aligned in pretty much everything except for one thing.

He says that he doesn’t want to wait several months for physical intimacy. But for me, since I am so inexperienced it seems fast to me. He says he doesn’t want to pressure me. And I told him I’m open to working up to it. But I really can’t commit to anything like that within the next few months.

Where my bipolar comes into play is that I am currently just starting mood stabilizers, so I anticipate the next few months being a bit of an adjustment period for me. I am also conflicted on how much I should tell him about my disorder. I’m not officially diagnosed yet, so I feel like its too soon to tell him (we’ve been on 3 dates). But it doesn’t feel fair to him to keep this a secret until we’re already far into the relationship. But it also feels too soon and I don’t want to scare him off.

For context, these bipolar symptoms are relatively new to me, and I am in a big adjustment phase with this whole thing. I wonder if maybe I shouldn’t even be dating rn.

Right now I’m out driving (pulled over currently) and I have the urge to just hop on a freeway and just get as far away from home as I can. I don’t think I’m going to, because I don’t have the money to do that. And I don’t wanna worry my family and I don’t feel like talking to anyone either. So I don’t wanna go home. Driving is kind of a safe haven for me, because whether I have super low energy or it’s super high, I feel steady and stable while driving. I’m staying safe, so no need to worry about that. Just wondering if anyone else can relate?

I am not trying to make any drastic change by any means. I know that this amount won’t accomplish much. But I have been very inconsistent with exercise and I wanna start small in order to build a habit. But I am wondering, at such a small amount, am I wasting my time?