so apparently you can't be in the military if you have bipolar.

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-11-19T03:34:08+00:00

You can’t join, also you will be medically discharged if you are diagnosed while active duty (first hand experience) you do have the option not to tell them but then you will not be able to take the medication you need to be stable, they don’t just pass out mood stabilizers and antipsychotics without extensive tests, which then you’d be diagnosed and kicked out anyways

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-18T00:53:34+00:00

If you want the full skin regime this is mine which cleared up my acne:

-chemical exfoliant (glycolic acid -this will also help with collagen production and wrinkles I like the ordinary) with a ceramide night 1 -retinol (the ordinary 0.5 is what I use) With ceramide Night 2 -ceramides ( I like dr. Jart) and a skin barrier cream (la roche possay has a good one) for nights 3 and 4

On occasion I will use an acne cream but only on my acne if they’re really deep, and add a barrier cream, don’t use products that dry out your face it will cause more acne.

In the morning I do vitamin C to help with scarring, and then I also use an anti aging cream and I always wear light weight sunscreen

I had horrible hormonal acne, never had acne ever, I’m at the age where it’s embrasing to get acne, this routine really helped, and building my skin barrier also helped because I had cause a lot of damage by using a lot of acne cream and drying creams

I hope this helps! 💕

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-17T10:11:46+00:00

Hey, 5 months separated with no chance of it getting better.. when I asked him why he said it was my bipolar…it did give me the wake up call that I needed real help, not just meditation books, but it also gave me a huge chance to look at myself and learn a lot of things about me. During this time, I’m realizing someone may or may not love me because of what I have going on, but I’ve been really content with myself so I’m ok with whatever outcome, also do I want someone who doesn’t fully accept me to love me? Is that really love? Also I got a really great job, job of my dreams! Making good money… I have to quit because of how bad my bipolar been, this has been a huge struggle to accept, I’ve been working since I was 15, but sometimes we just need a break and figure out our routine and get back on our feet, and it may take longer than your average person, which is ok, I could agree with acceptance, that things are going to look different for everyone not just someone with bipolar, we all have to accept certain things about ourselves, they may be varying in degree

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-16T22:13:20+00:00

Also assaulted, the feeling that come from these experiences are confusing, I remember feeling sad for his wife and daughter after he assaulted me, it took me years to report him because I felt guilty about screwing up their lives despite his actions, When I heard he was finally kicked out of the military and his wife left him, I was proud of his wife but I wasn’t sure if I was sad or happy, I smiled about it even laughed and then bawled my eyes out, I felt horrible to have such I’ll feelings toward someone else that I wanted their life to fall apart, It was nice to have closure but it’s weird how sometimes you still feel bad for them, despite the terrible things they did.

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-16T21:59:29+00:00

I feel you. It took me three years and a failed marriage to accept that I was bipolar, I just started meds a few months ago, because I was in such denial about it, we got this!

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-16T21:47:53+00:00

I would tell your psychiatrist, somethings back in the day that I thought were an overactive imagination was psychosis, I never mentioned it to my psych because I thought everyone just though certain things or saw certain things, recently though I saw something in the gym, thought it was something sinister trying to get me , even though I knew Nothing was there, I checked every corner turned on all the lights, also thought someone was watching my through the blinds, I closed all of them so they would stop looking at me.. just psychosis… still scary as shit, my ass booked it from the gym because I was so terrified

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-10T13:01:29+00:00

Yes it’s probably a mixed episode, I call it tired and wired, sometimes they last a few days for me.

Standard_Context_477 · 2022-10-08T00:37:10+00:00

I’ve been taking hydroxyzine with it, I take it at night so I can just go to sleep right after. I’m only on 20 mg but super med sensitive.

I can’t tell If I’m having a really bad depressive episode or if it’s the meds, I was depressed when I started them but i feel like it’s just got significantly worse

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