hollyslot
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im currently in hospital and i have been diagnosed with bipolar type 1 and i also have t1 diabetes.
does anyone else here also have bipolar?
does anyone else here also have bipolar?
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bipolar and diabetes
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hollyslot
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its always great to 'meet' someone else with both. although i am struggling to admit i have bipolar even after being told by everyone around me (especially when you are in a psychiatric hospital) that i have it x (type 1)
hollyslot
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although the meds have helped me infinitely (i am on 300mg quetiapine and 7.5mg zopiclone as required) x
ally1
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I am on only 75mg of Quetiapine and 50mg of sertraline.
They seem to be helping at the moment.
I freely admit on here that I have bipolar because when I am manic, I tend to go haywire with my eating.
Funnily enough, when I was told I had bipolar, I was happy because I had been treated for depression and was treated for the wrong illness
donnellysdogs
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Sorry you are currently in hospital. Do not be afraid to be open about bipolar... I so wish everybody could realise that our brains are just another orgain that can need help just as much as other organs like pancreas and hearts!!!
Stigma remains an issue from some persons though.
I go to a WI involved with mental health and it is brilliant.
It may well affect how you feel about T1 and injections at times but hopefully you will get the right balance of help from your health team and meds...
Thinking of you.. xx
Stigma remains an issue from some persons though.
I go to a WI involved with mental health and it is brilliant.
It may well affect how you feel about T1 and injections at times but hopefully you will get the right balance of help from your health team and meds...
Thinking of you.. xx
hollyslot
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thank you, i am still unsure that i 'actually' have bipolar as i'm scared its all because of my diabetes and i don't really have it. anyways at least i am getting support if i do or don't have it xx
Indy51
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I heard a talk recently that said that a large percentage of people diagnosed with bipolar actually have undiagnosed hypothyroid and/or the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's. Already having one autoimmune condition (Type 1), you have an increased chance of developing others. If you haven't been tested for hypothyroid, please ask for the full panel of tests, including the anti-thyroid antibodies.
BrianTheElder
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Hi
Just a small change of emphasis. It is difficult, unless you have suffered from severe mental illness, to understand how scary it is to be locked in your own head with your strange thoughts. It would be a release to have actual pain and physical symptoms. So not quite like other organs, sorry.
donnellysdogs
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Just an analogy of how non sufferers do not consider that the brain is just as vulnerable as an or gain to have ill health as an organ... Mental illness can still have a stigma around it. A person can be very ill mentally and not get benefits like a person with physical bad health...
hollyslot
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So true. I'm low right now and it's a bit of a relief to feel something other than my own thoughts.
