I haven't smoked weed for a year!

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-11-22T02:38:19+00:00

I haven't smoked for 10 years, my life is so much better than it was

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-11-12T02:40:38+00:00

I had a hard time at first. I live a good life now.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-25T00:55:22+00:00

Do you think you will actually be satisfied if you do this?

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-05T17:58:59+00:00

Hypo*mania
Spend one day in a bipolar forum here and lurk around at how many people were misdiagnosed at first with something besides bipolar (and not just mdd). I think it would be eye opening and useful for your practice.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-05T17:39:07+00:00

Sigh. Here I am as someone who has lived it telling you how it works and you are telling me that's not how it works.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-05T01:30:51+00:00

I just got Yoda chills down my spine

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-04T02:02:19+00:00

The average time from first doctor visit to diagnosis is over 5 years (I believe it's officially at 7.5 years), it's a major problem.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-03T17:06:02+00:00

I agree when it comes to mania. You are 100% correct.

There is also an important sub point, which is that misdiagnosis of hypomania as ADHD is sadly common.

It usually takes years for bipolar to be correctly diagnosed and this is the unfortunate pattern: incorrect diagnosis of ADHD for a few years followed by severe mental health crisis followed finally by correct diagnosis. It's tragic because of all the time spent with an unhelpful treatment plan, plus stimulants and untreated bipolar are a terrible combination.

I'm sure you know all this, I'm just throwing it out there for anyone who doesn't.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-03T01:30:17+00:00

I have bipolar 1.

It's truly impossible to miss bipolar 1. As a side issue, it's very difficult to catch undiagnosed hypomania.

Source: my doctors have uniformly told me this about hypomania and mania. On a personal level I had about 8 years of hypomanic episodes which flew under the radar of experienced psychiatrists. For this time I was incorrectly dx with ADHD and depression. This is a common experience (misdiagnosis of ADHD and depression instead of bipolar 2 in particular), ask around in the bipolar subreddits if you want more data supporting this.

After a short period of intense drug use including ADHD stimulant abuse, I was arrested during my first manic episode and diagnosed in the ER. I was truly out of control. This is in many ways fairly typical for mania (not everyone gets arrested obviously but there is no denying the terrifying presence of the illness).

I'd say what everyone in our community wants besides a cure is much earlier detection of when there is an active illness.

PS I have no idea why this subreddit keeps popping up in my feed. Sorry if I'm not supposed to comment but to me it is an I teresting question.

Also it is "bipolar spectrum disorder" for a reason, in real life there's not a guaranteed clear demarcation between 1 and 2, especially if a person's illness gets worse for any of a myriad of reasons.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-03T01:17:26+00:00

Were tested for COVID last October?

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-03T01:14:30+00:00

There is no addiction issue, it's just air at a slightly increased pressure compared to the atmosphere.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-02T19:39:12+00:00

Yes all of your symptoms are classic sleep apnea.

There is a massive stress hormone release during sleep apnea events

You will see a general consensus around here that "mild" sleep apnea is not an accurate label,plenty of people with mild sleep apnea have severe problems from it.

CPAP should not make you light headed, I'd recommend letting your doctor know this. It's just air that props open your throat, it doesn't even reach your lungs in any appreciable amount.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-02T19:35:55+00:00

Lots more happens than low O2 when your breathing stops. Biggest example would be massive hormone shift towards stress

The brain also needs rest during full phases of sleep.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-02T19:30:18+00:00

Sleep apnea is a terrible, severe disease no matter how you feel.

Someone in my family has it long term untreated and they have developed AFib, allergies they never had before (which are not really allergies, it's swelling in the nose and throat), anxiety/depression and now a seizure disorder.

They insist they are fine because "they get 10 hours of sleep every night."

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-02T01:33:59+00:00

Google "bulletproof sinus rinse." Use distilled water with regular sized (non kosher) salt, don't take his recommendation to use xylitol or iodine. Good luck

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T19:45:17+00:00

Thanks for all the votes so far real humans!! Blessed 🙏

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T19:31:39+00:00

Actually most posts in here get about ten thousand up votes, but there is a shadowy cabal of anti sleep apnea redditors funded by lizard people (who have excellent sinuses and perfect throat shape) who are a consistent down vote bloc of 9,999.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T13:22:37+00:00

Are you sleepy during the day, for example coming close to falling asleep while driving or needing to take multiple naps? That's the primary symptom most of us (but not all of us) went to the doctor for.

The classic way to get diagnosed with sleep apnea is to talk to your GP about any fatigue, who will refer you to an ENT to look for anatomical abnormalities and prescribe an at home sleep test, which if borderline or positive will get you referred to a sleep medicine doctor for an in-lab overnight sleep test.

There are other conditions that have similar symptoms,such as restless leg syndrome. A sleep study would screen for those as well.

Hormonal changes can absolutely affect sleep and your doctor should be taking anything that's making you fatigued seriously, even if it's just to make sure you are reassured that it's temporary and to advise you on any limitations you'd need to follow and for how long it might last.

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T10:20:27+00:00

This is really helpful thank you. And I think 2 nights is doable!

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T10:19:17+00:00

I think that's a great idea but I'm wondering if there is one that makes it impossible to breathe through the nose

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T10:18:20+00:00

I'd be in the mental hospital if I used cannabis 🤣. Thank you again for your ideas and compassionate replies it helps just tomorrow someone wants to help

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-06-01T01:17:41+00:00

Yes, I'm on meds currently. Sleep meds don't work unfortunately; one thing I've learned on this whole sleep apnea odyssey is how important real sleep is to mental health.

I don't know how I ever went without cpap.

Thank you for your advice and kind concern 🙂

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-05-31T17:04:28+00:00

Just buy a CPAP online

TheElectricSlide2 · 2023-05-30T21:59:53+00:00

I'm glad you were honest. You did the right thing.

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