http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/newsletter-debate-night-tips-for-staying-calm-and-nice/ Learn about bipolar disorder, it's symptoms, medication side effects and how to create stability Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:53:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/newsletter-debate-night-tips-for-staying-calm-and-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Julia Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:10:37 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2008/10/07/newsletter-debate-night-tips-for-staying-calm-and-nice/#comment-386 I don't know how you have control over how angry you get or how long it goes for. I know things i can do from therapy but it is just so damn hard to not get in a rage when i get into arguments. especially my now exboyfriend/best friend. (we broke up temporarily for personal issues and unstability in both our lives). The last or almost biggest argument i had with him was over politics. I don't even really remember too much about it. I was 19 and it was the day after the NIU shooting (i went there for 2 years and was there at the time) and we had a nice valentine's day the night before. Then we woke up and started arguing in bed before we even got up...ABOUT POLITICS! I purposely got dressed and wore my Obama shirt (know that i was on lexapro which made me worse and was before the right diagnoses of bipolar II). Keep in mind he is for Obama too. He was testing me i think...bastard. I was stupid enough to provoke him but he has anger problems so it was just turning into a complete nightmare. He started talking about breaking up not ebcause he didn't love me but because we have too many problems and we were long distance. and i got so upset i went to my lorazepam pills (that were supposedly for my rage outs) and took all 25 pills at once w/o thinking what i was doing. I ended up with no boyfriend, staying in the psych ward for a week, and almost killing myself over POLITICS. The whole argument was stupid anyways. That was when i was diagnosed CORRECTLY THANK GOD. But i agree totally that arguments are bad. They are my triggers for sure. But why do they always have to be about politics in some way? Why can't people discuss them w/o arguing? I don’t know how you have control over how angry you get or how long it goes for. I know things i can do from therapy but it is just so damn hard to not get in a rage when i get into arguments. especially my now exboyfriend/best friend. (we broke up temporarily for personal issues and unstability in both our lives). The last or almost biggest argument i had with him was over politics. I don’t even really remember too much about it. I was 19 and it was the day after the NIU shooting (i went there for 2 years and was there at the time) and we had a nice valentine’s day the night before. Then we woke up and started arguing in bed before we even got up…ABOUT POLITICS! I purposely got dressed and wore my Obama shirt (know that i was on lexapro which made me worse and was before the right diagnoses of bipolar II). Keep in mind he is for Obama too. He was testing me i think…bastard. I was stupid enough to provoke him but he has anger problems so it was just turning into a complete nightmare. He started talking about breaking up not ebcause he didn’t love me but because we have too many problems and we were long distance. and i got so upset i went to my lorazepam pills (that were supposedly for my rage outs) and took all 25 pills at once w/o thinking what i was doing. I ended up with no boyfriend, staying in the psych ward for a week, and almost killing myself over POLITICS. The whole argument was stupid anyways. That was when i was diagnosed CORRECTLY THANK GOD. But i agree totally that arguments are bad. They are my triggers for sure. But why do they always have to be about politics in some way? Why can’t people discuss them w/o arguing?

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