Posted by redscarlet on December 3, 2004, at 9:26:09
In reply to Re: Topomax and bipolar II and Bridgey, posted by rainy on December 3, 2004, at 8:38:31
raniy ~
I'm bipolar and I'm on five medications and was in talk therapy from April 1998 to March 2004.
I feel the talk therapy was a help at the time. I really needed to have someone to talk to about what I was going through.
However now I feel I'm past that kind of therapy and if I went back into therapy I would want to have sessions geared more to goal and problem solving, not just like hanging out talking for an hour to someone.
My therapist for those six years was the best, but I would pick someone new if I were to go back into therapy.
I do attend every now and then a bipolar support group that meets twice a month.
I have really stepped up my exercise to everyday, that's right seven day's a week for and hour and a half daily.
And I've started doing some volunteer work at a new hospital here in town and I feel these things have helped me a lot.
But I know that I would not be able to do these things if it weren't for my meds working pretty good right now.
I really feel that with bipolar that getting your meds working is key. I know they can't do everything, but if you can get them as close as you can you can do the rest.
poster:redscarlet
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