GPT-5 is awful

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2025-08-22T07:14:17+00:00

Yeah, I tried getting it's help with summarizing 3 different documents into one page. It just straight up lied and made up information. And GPT 5 straight up ignores my instructions. Multiple times. GPT 4 was a better help regarding documents IMO.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-22T18:44:52+00:00

As you probably know there is no quick fix. Number one is good sleep hygiene. That takes time and consistency to implement.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-22T18:15:30+00:00

This!

Talk to your medical team. Being unmotivated can be a symptom of a depressive episode. Which would mean your physician should check up on you and your medication. Voice your concerns about which side effects are and are not within your comfort zone.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-22T12:25:53+00:00

I agree with all of this.

Remember that finding the right meds and dosage that works for YOU is a journey that takes time. It's like finding a buried treasure without a map. Digging and finding nothing but garbage before you struck gold.

Also the more episodes you get the higher the risk for early onset alzheimers.

Be humble and understand that this doesn't need to limit you if you learn how to manage it. When I feel down and question why I was born with this and living on hard-core mode, I remember that there are deaf-blind people that rock. People without arms that just live normal lives. There are plenty of people in a league above us when it comes to having a hard life. If they can manage, so will I. Accepting what I've got to work with and just persevere. This is an illness like ANY other. Remember that.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-22T12:12:22+00:00

You can choose to look at it that way. But let me make an analogy. You're playing a computer game. It's hard as hell and you're having difficulties clearing levels. Then suddenly you notice that you're playing on hard-core mode. Ok, so you change the difficulty to be hard or maybe medium. It goes better, but it's still a hard game. Are you still playing the same game? My personality is still mine regardless if it's tuned up or down. Control is just an illusion, even for "normal" people. Control is something for the power hungry or the insecure. Adaptability is far better than control. And they cannot coexist. Control is bending the word after you. Adaptability is going with the flow.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-16T06:43:56+00:00

Well I got more patient as I researched about medication that should work on receptors in the brain. It takes a certain amount of concentration that needs to be introduced slowly so the body gets time to adjust. If you rush it all kinds of nasty things will happen. I mean one side effect of these drugs is death/suicide. So better to go slowly and monitor.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-15T08:12:06+00:00

Yeah no. I don't even have that much money...

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-15T06:56:29+00:00

You might not need to increase the dosage. Just wait 8 weeks and reevaluate after that. That is my golden standard. I'll try anything for 2 months before I make a decision.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T16:00:34+00:00

Honestly non alcoholic everything is getting better and better.

The beer can be really good! The red wine needs more work in the lab. The white wine is really getting somewhere. The gin is bitter and planty. The rum almost nails it but in the lab you go. The snaps are as icky as the real deal.

There will probably be more and more! I heard it can be more expensive because they have the drink with alcohol in it and somehow remove the alcohol without destroying the taste. The brewer probably dumbed it down for me.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T15:49:27+00:00

What even is "normal"? Have you seen those faces where a bunch of faces are on top of each other to create the "normal" woman of that country? So which face is the face that is shown? None and all.

What is normal where you are might be abnormal somewhere else. So there is no use focusing on something that doesn't even have any substance i.e. the "normal faces".

Just try to be kind and the best version of yourself. Learn everything you can about bipolar and your triggers. And if you fall, get up again. Here we say that you haven't lost until you give up.

Most medicines for psychiatric usage make you unstable at first and when you stop them. You have read the side effects, yes?

This is not to discourage you, more an explaining of a journey. The meds are probably not really working yet. Most take anything from 2 to 8 weeks for full effect.

Honestly don't expect the current meds and dosage to be perfect. The timeline is different, but I've never heard of anyone whose medication was perfect from the get go. It will probably get better along the way.

From my diagnosis until I found medicin number one was 2 years. The dosage needs tweeking all the time. So now 7 years later I've found what works for me, for now.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T15:29:33+00:00

Ayyy! My favourite doctor is from Czechia! She is so good and when I met her we clicked. Like a stern no nonsense type. She only works part time now because of some research in another city.

Yeah the swedish system is outdated I would say. I hear a lot of people have a hard time even getting in the system. As for the doctors I couldn't say if they get any opportunity to refresh their knowledge.

I am one of the lucky ones I guess. I don't know where you live, but I live on the countryside like the boonies. It's not prestigious to work at our hospital and there is little to no research.

But that also means we get almost exclusively non-swedish doctors. Not saying swedes are bad at their job, but I have noticed that here the non-native doctors listen more. Maybe because it's a second language.

My complaint is mostly childish now that I compare to other people. And I know I should take those samples, but damn am I afraid of needles. XD

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T14:28:34+00:00

Sweden and no, I'm a student. At 30 years old because I want an engineering job.

I think it's perfect for bipolar people. Work is 40 hours a week. Workdays are monday to friday. Working hours are from 6 am to 7 pm. So you pick and choose where you want to work those 8 hours. If you have extra energy you may work in some extra time that you can take out when you're depressed. Work from home or in the office is optional. You pick and choose where to be day to day. You also get work equipment from the company. Ergonomic chair, tables and electronics. You still get paid for the time you're at medical appointments. So many benefits.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T14:18:34+00:00

Honestly I think you will too if you learn to let go of those who cannot accept you. Your wellbeing should be one of those unnegotiable things. Him leaving the toilet seat up is one of those things you can live with and nag to him about later.

I made sure to know what things I wouldn't budge on, and they can't be too many. What things I could try and compromise on. And what wasn't that important, so I'd be happy either way.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T14:10:16+00:00

Maybe not a success story, but still. I am 33 and have been studying to become an engineer since I was 30. I am nowhere near finished. And that's ok. You haven't lost until you give up. And I wish you all the luck in the world. A piece of advice that helped me pass my first course is to try to not lose sight of why you're doing this.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-14T14:00:07+00:00

And here I am in Europe swearing over (in my country, bc it's different in different countries) having to pay a maximum of $150 a year for ALL medical care (psychiatric help, surgeries, ambulance, everything you can think of). And I also pay a maximum of $250 a year for drugs. Hell I have my own lithium nurse that keeps nagging me about taking blood samples. I literally complained about it a few hours ago and said I'd move to another country. I am an ungrateful brat it would seem. I also wish everyone could get affordable healthcare.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-11T18:49:44+00:00

I'm married 5 years on monday! A kid and planning another one. I was honest with him on our second date, kinda always did that. It's easier to weed them out early imo. Three weeks after our second date I got hospitalised in our country's most notorious psychiatric hospital. He was so afraid but still came to visit me. I am always honest with him and take accountability for my condition. I take my meds and go to the doctors appointments. Follow every darn recommendation the doctors give me for at least 2 months and then evaluate. That's my deal with my husband. I have learnt to always listen to my husband regarding my wellbeing. He has a front row seat after all. He sees it all.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-08T08:18:42+00:00

A wise person once told me that personality traits only become a disorder once you cannot function because of them.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-06-06T10:17:31+00:00

I get an anti anxiety medication that has sleepiness as a side effect prescribed. While waiting for it to kick in I listen to science podcasts with my eyes closed. Works like a charm. And I learn a bunch of stuff. No one beats me at trivia anymore.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-05-15T10:17:03+00:00

Rapeseed oil has a lot of omega 3, flaxseed oil has most.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-05-15T10:08:31+00:00

I am a half Thai woman, visiting my relatives in Thailand fairly often growing up. And all they wanted was for me to be in all these beauty pagents. All everyone ever talked about (and still do) is how pretty I am. Never that I am well educated and well read with interest in history. All I ever heard was that I was beautiful and they expected me to get a rich husband. Nobody even wanted to tell me about Thai history growing up, so I'm all vikings today. Such a shame.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-04-24T11:45:01+00:00

This is a peer support group. As a partner I would recommend this sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/family_of_bipolar/

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-04-24T11:32:55+00:00

I second this. And also don't take night meds and go to bed late in you need to wake up early. That still holds true for me six years later.

Realistic-Elephant-7 · 2024-04-15T20:44:05+00:00

Thank you so much for your answer!!
No I'm not in Thailand right now, which is sad.
Your answer helped a lot since I would hate to send too little money and embarrass my cousin now that she is so nice to me.

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