Wow:

Antidepressants in Bipolar II: What the Experts Do

https://psycheducation.org/antidepressants-in-bipolar-ii-what-the-experts-do/

#Bipolar #BipolarII #Bipolar2

Honestly I'm glad Bookshops and Bonedust made me cry today. I needed a good, long cry. I've been holding in anxiety since 4 AM due to a loud noise trigger. I was on the verge of a panic attack around 3 PM and needed my panic med. I've just been holding so much mental stress today. The crying helped. I also still have to do my breathing exercises or a meditation today so that should help. Hopefully an uninterrupted, quiet night of sleep helps me too.

#mentalhealth #anxiety #bipolarII #selfcare

I've been experiencing some new issues over the past couple days. I've been in pain and extremely fatigued. I'm almost 100% sure it's a disability thing because I'm not sick. I have POTS, ADHD, and Bipolar II. I don't know what is causing this new issue. I'm leaning towards POTS. I've had a couple of physically taxing days lately so maybe it's a hangover from that.

I would love tips on pushing through fatigue. I can't nap. It makes it worse.

#disability #POTS #ADHD #BipolarII #Fatigue

Welp, that's it for the transition period. Arrived at the bottom and just gotta ride it out and wait for the good times to come back.
Soooo tired, so done and would really want to be in bed 24/7 for the next couple of weeks
#bipolarII

Guys I’m frozen. I can #crochet all day. I’m totally hyperfocused on it in fact but I have wasted a whole month doing nothing. I’m not taking care of myself, I’m barely eating, I’m not taking care of my house, I’m not keeping up with wedding stuff, I’m not paying any attention to our finances. I’ve just totally shut down.

These mood swings have been happening for decades. More down than up. You think I’d know how to make myself do the things to snap myself out of it by now.
#ADHD #bipolarII

I’m Megan from #ohio. I love #reading trashy novels and #taylorswift. I have #BipolarII, #immunodeficiencies, and #asthma. Also #queer 🌈

Hey y’all! Guess it’s time to put up an #introduction. My name is Kristen, I’m 37 years old and I live in #UpstateNY, born and raised.

I am #disabled. I was diagnosed with #fibromyalgia at 19. I am highly suspicious that I also have #MEcfs and #MCAS (the latter as a result of #LongCOVID) but have not been diagnosed with either. I’m also #GlutenIntolerant, boo hiss.

I am #neurodivergent and have #MajorDepressiveDisorder, #BipolarII, and #anxiety. I’m also 99.9% sure I have #ADHD. 1/

Hi! My name is Sarah, and I'm a queer disabled writer, musician and advocate. I'm #ActuallyAutistic, #PDA, #ADHD, #OCD, #CPTSD, #BipolarII, #GAD, and chronicaly ill, which means it's sometimes quite crowded in my head.

I post about #Neurodivergence, #AutismPride, #OCDRecovery, #TraumaHealing, #DisabledCulture + #QueerCulture, #Perfectionism, #Poetry, #Creativity, #Drag, and #SelfLove.

My father is a professional clown. That may explain a lot.

Also seeing a claimed tendency to have #PanicDisorder / #Agoraphobia or anxiety in general along with #BipolarII. Somewhere in the citations I think I saw something about a shared genetic locus but I haven't gone looking for that yet.

It's really fascinating to watch researchers teasing apart how the brain works from various angles tbh. The Western analytical knife has its drawbacks but it sure is good at finding patterns.

More than one article out there links #BipolarII with #AtypicalDepression. Hmm.

People with so-called atypical #Depression - those who tend to sleep more, eat more, be anxious & rejection sensitive - also tend to have a mood which improves fairly quickly when life goes their way. This is claimed to be similar for people diagnosed with #Bipolar II.

There is a lot of phenotypic overlap between people diagnosed as one or the other. Maybe they're pretty much the same thing, maybe it's a spectrum.