Comments on: Football Players and Trouble: ‘I’d never put myself in that position.’ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/ by Julie A. Fast Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Andrea Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:20:28 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2008/09/07/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/#comment-2100 This is SO powerful. I have been worrying about triggers lately...I have been diagnosed only in the last year, and it was sort of an iffy diagnosis, but I felt some confirmation when meds improved my life. But I had never had SWINGS. I had some highs, I mostly was depressed...until a couple of weeks ago, when a trigger sent me spiraling into depression, and a few days later I swung back up higher than a kite. When I realized what was happening, and the impulses I was having, I was terrified that I was going to ruin my life. But you just nailed it. I can make choices. This thing does not OWN me. Hi Andrea, I am so glad you are doing better. Yes, trigger management is key. The day I stopped troublesome relationships is the day my life improved 100% The illness takes away a lot of our control- so if we can prevent mood swings- we can get that control back! julie This is SO powerful. I have been worrying about triggers lately…I have been diagnosed only in the last year, and it was sort of an iffy diagnosis, but I felt some confirmation when meds improved my life. But I had never had SWINGS. I had some highs, I mostly was depressed…until a couple of weeks ago, when a trigger sent me spiraling into depression, and a few days later I swung back up higher than a kite. When I realized what was happening, and the impulses I was having, I was terrified that I was going to ruin my life.

But you just nailed it. I can make choices. This thing does not OWN me.

Hi Andrea, I am so glad you are doing better. Yes, trigger management is key. The day I stopped troublesome relationships is the day my life improved 100%

The illness takes away a lot of our control- so if we can prevent mood swings- we can get that control back! julie

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