#cyclothymia

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Manic episode bingo! (Written at 3am during a manic episode lmao)

For bipolar, schizoaffective, cyclothymic disorder, and the like (if you have manic episodes, use it! I don’t really care what mental illness causes yours. All is valid which is why I made it as inclusive as possible, so no gatekeepers or ableists though I know saying this won’t stop anyone)

Here’s mine 🔥🎉📸👁️🫦👁️✨💥💪

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[kores-pomegranate]

Just a quarterly update and reminder that existing with mental illness is really hard. Existing with chronic illness is really hard. Existing with both is really hard, and most people with chronic illness don’t get to exist without some kind of mental illness on top of it.

I have cyclothymia (which I just call bipolar for expediency’s sake), AuDHD, probably some type of connective tissue something or other, an autoimmune disorder, and chronic migraine.

When any one of those things flares up, they all flare up. Over Thanksgiving, I had a flare in my autoimmune disorder that triggered a depressive episode and migraine. I’ve spent the last several days feeling like I’m barely hanging on. Some small corner of my brain has known since Thursday that something is up, and I keep reminding myself that this is temporary and that I won’t always feel this bad.

But dear god, sometimes it is truly exhausting to know that while I definitely won’t always feel this bad, there will be moments throughout my life where I will feel this bad, or worse. I’m tired of everything being hard. I’m tired of feeling stressed and lonely and sad. I’m tired of feeling unsure of if my feeling of loneliness is because I crave more attention than is realistic to receive, or if I’m actually asking myself to be okay with a level of isolation that isn’t okay.

Today, my soul and my body feel heavy. Hopefully, tomorrow will be lighter.

[clearly-cynical]

the way my mood swings so dangerously and the adhd rage i get. christ alive.

[enyaah]

I saw a reel that said something along the lines of "being hyper aware of not being able to reach your full potential because of your environment" but I wanna switch environment with mental illness. Like, knowing you, in another life, could've been a better person on all aspects, knowing you'd be able to love others, yourself and life way easier, knowing that your ideals could've been easier to reach, and knowing the many things you missed out on because of your silly little lizard brain that thought "hey maybe, uhhh, suffer".

[hollistercrowley]

Anyone out there have autism + a bipolar spectrum disorder? I'm curious if the combination is rare or not (never met anyone else like me irl)

[dracanthropy]

ive been having a hard time finding help for this so can anyone tell me if its normal/possible to have a manic episode with like, a couple days of heavy depression in between? ive been having an episode for a while now but for a short time i got really depressed, then sprung right back up?

[bipolarcultureis]

Welcome to bipolar culture is!

This blog is for anyone on the bipolar spectrum, including bipolar 1, 2, 4, cyclothymia, and unspecified.

Asks start with any variation of 'bipolar culture is', questions are also allowed. This blog supports personality disorders, paraphilias, otherkin, systems of any origin, etc. As long as you're not hurting anyone, this blog supports you.

We are a system, frequent fronters include Salem, Sylvester, and Fleur, but other alters may pop in.

No set DNI, just no assholes.

[jamieofpentacles]

No one talks about how lonely mania is. How much it constantly feels like you're at a party that no one attends. When you feel like you absolutely must go somewhere and do something but there's nowhere to go and nothing to do. Desperately begging everyone you know to hang out with you, but they all have plans because you could barely get out of bed two days ago.

[whalien-flags]

BIPOLAR DISORDER FLAG

So I decided to make my own Bipolar Disorder flag because I really don't like our current one (no offense....).

I wanted to use blue because of course that's the sadness color, but it also represents stability as well, and it's counterpart green can symbolize hope, and is also the color of one of our awareness ribbons; which stability and hope are two things we need to strive for. So blue = sadness + stability, green = awareness + hope. I also added our representative symbol onto it in the colors of black and white because that's the colors of our other awareness ribbon (but there's also the blank version without the symbol too). The flag can be used for anyone with any form/type/presentation of bipolar disorder.

I typically only use a widely used/popular flag for projects I do involving flags so it'd be nice if this one got used a lot so I could use it for that 🥹🥹 But I don't intend to actually replace the original flag because I never intend on doing that sort of thing, I just really wanted a flag for it myself that I actually enjoyed.

[loveize]

[Image description: a presentation with eight slides titled "Bipolar 101." Underneath the title is text saying "by somebody who actually has it [smiley face]."

"Mania:

- Symptoms include elevated mood, rapid speech, increased energy and motivation, feelings of self-importance, distractibility, irration, decreased need for sleep, engagement in risky behavior

- May involve psychosis (a break from reality, includes things like believing things that aren't true or seeing things that aren't there)

- May involve hospitalization

- Lasts a week or more

Hypomania:

- Same symptoms as mania but less severe

- Can be an inconvenience but not debilitating like mania

- Does not involve psychosis

- Lasts four days or more

Depression:

- Symptoms include feelings of sadness or hopelessness, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating and remembering things, loss of interest, feelings of emptiness or worthlessness, feelings of guilt, self-doubt, over or under eating, sleeping too much or too little, suicidal thoughts

- Can involve psychosis

- Lasts two weeks or more

Other definitions:

- Mixed episodes: mania/hypomania and depression symptoms occur at the same time

- Euthymia: normal mental state experienced between episodes

- Rapid cycling: four or more episodes of mania, hypomania, or depression are experienced in a year

Bipolar 1:

- Mania with or without depression

- Can include hypomania

Bipolar 2:

- Hypomania, no manic episodes

- Depression

Cyclothymia:

- Hypomania and milder depression

- Periods of euthymia are shorter; cycling is more frequent

- Symptoms must have been experienced for two years in adults and one in children in order to be diagnosed"

End description]

I already posted this to Instagram but I decided I might as well post it here. I know people on Tumblr tend to be more educated on mental illness, but hopefully somebody will learn something new! Feel free to ask me any questions! Sharing and reposting is encouraged, just credit me please!

[will-o-the-witch]

Other people: Referring to their menstrual cycle as their "moon cycle"

Me: Referring to my mood disorder as my "moon cycle" because it almost ALWAYS matches up with the real actual moon cycle for some reason

[the-stardust-shard]

i was semi-scolded by the replacement psych today for having so many meds prescribed to me

Like, bitch, seriously?

Anyways, he also dropped me the gem that “its very rare to find someone with both adhd and bipolarity”, and first of all wat??? Thats like, so false, and second, stats dont matter when you have one in front of you, so shove them up your ass you idiot

Had to school him on pharmacology in the end when he (very shockingly) learned i was the one deciding what meds to take and when (like any disabled entity should be able to do, but i wont talk politics with a psychiatrist so i didnt move forward saying that, already attacked him on too many topics for the appointment to take more risks)

[justanotherbipolarmum]

Today I can't be bothered to hide how tired I am or how im feeling, I'm just too tired to try and hide it.

[madmadammym]

I swear I am the greatest sabateur of my life