Bipolar – Page 2 – Rory's Write Place

Personal Update – Hypomanic

Here is a brief summary of my latest mental health episode–hypomania.

Episode 48 – Bipolar and BPD Coexisting

As an expansion to my Episode 26 – BPD vs. Bipolar, I add some statistics of bipolar and BPD along with some more detailed differences in the extreme emotions felt in each, exemplifying how they can coexist as diagnoses.

Personal Update – Cycling

This looong post goes into my week of mood cycling. If you want to read about what kinds of effects mood cycling can have on a person with minor inconveniences with everyday events, read through this. More updates to come…

Episode 45 – Mood Cycling and Stress

I wanted to talk about mood cycling a bit more, but this turned into me talking about how stress possibly impacted my cycling mood. I explain my current stressors, including some of the timing of my mood cycling and the stressors.

Personal Update – Recovery

A long post about my increased medications, praise to my doctor, and some of the ways my medication changes have affected me in the last month and a half.

Episode 26 – BPD vs. Bipolar

These are the differences between borderline personality disorder mood swings and bipolar mood swings, including duration, mood characteristics, and other symptoms.

Personal Update

I’ve recently been put on lithium carbonate and had my duloxetine reduced due to mood cycling. This is how I’m doing currently…