Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Podcast

This blog post was recently sent out as one of my Bipolar Happens newsletters. It’s the first time I’ve used a podcast for one of my newsletters. I enjoy doing them and I may do more in the future. If you aren’t currently a subscriber and you would like to receive my newsletters via email, you can sign up using the form over in the right-hand sidebar. It’s free and I won’t ever share your email with anyone.

Summary: Most people with bipolar disorder have anxiety. It’s probably close to 99%! It’s just part of the illness. Anxiety can be a separate disorder, but most people with bipolar disorder have anxiety that comes with specific mood swings. In other words, people with an anxiety disorder can be anxious while their lives are relatively stable. People with bipolar disorder anxiety are either depressed or manic when they experience the anxiety. The largest form of anxiety comes [ Read More ]

Working through bipolar anxiety

Bipolar anxiety is really common when you’re depressed- and a large part of dysphoric mania where depression and mania are combined.

 But there is also just plain old anxiety that visits on its own. I call this free form anxiety as it just sort of floats around and comes in and out in waves.  When this happens, as it is today- I have to remind myself that….

You can work through anxiety. Your body will still function and work can still get done. It’s just not comfortable. After over two weeks of solid mood swings, I’m feeling better, but the anxiety is floating around! I’m working on an article on psychosis. I love this topic and am excited to get it done- so I have to work through this anxiety that wants me to stop. It makes my body feel so tense and uncomfortable !

I made a promise to myself a long time ago- [ Read More ]