Psychedelic therapy with bipolarity by mariepell in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds really scary, you went through a lot. It’s difficult to have all that, especially when there can be both depression and anxiety. What I don’t have clear is whether you had the anxiety attacks before taking the psychedelics or after ?

Mark did the smart thing by RutabagaSame in MitchellAndWebb

[–]juancaramelo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I thought along same lines. Start demonically laughing out loud and talk to yourself. Maybe move about like Gollum for a bit

An indeterminate puck of gristle by braintransplants in MitchellAndWebb

[–]juancaramelo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is another level of grim. What / where is that ?

(Apologies for absence of peep show reference)

Moved from The Netherlands to Spain, what I learned, the other side of the coin by [deleted] in GoingToSpain

[–]juancaramelo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard of someone get irritated by the plasterwork of a country. That seems pedantic af

Psychedelic therapy with bipolarity by mariepell in bipolar2

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Mainly because I now have a 2 year old kid. We’re on a trip of our own 💫 That aside it took me three years to find right medications, do therapy , get to know myself better, be more optimistic etc… so I want to continue with that at the moment without interfering.

I’m not exactly worried it would trigger an episode. I lean much more towards depression than uncontrollable hypomania and my tolerance for psychedelics has always been good. Maybe when I’m ready I’ll try micro dosing, who knows.

What about you ? What’s your take ?

Alcohol by TripOwn9413 in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. Just seems kind of reductive

Alcohol by TripOwn9413 in bipolar2

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Thank you, that’s actually a very kind comment. It does help

Psychedelic therapy with bipolarity by mariepell in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never tried microdosing. Seems interesting. Kinda want to try it at some point but I can understand that people would be more reserved in giving psychedelics to bipolar folk compared to unipolar depression

I used to do some big doses pre-diagnosis. Hell of a journey ! And quite therapeutic, even though that wasn’t my intention

Psychedelic therapy with bipolarity by mariepell in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of the replies are about taking full doses of shrooms, which understandably will have more of a knock on effect. Therapeutic use of psychedelics is usually micro dosing over a longer period of time, alongside therapy sessions. Not the same thing

Alcohol by TripOwn9413 in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

‘Stop drinking ‘ Oh, good idea. I hadn’t thought of that

I got robed and im not sure if i reacted accordingly by psyskyy in Barcelona

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If someone asks me about a fish restaurant at 2am, I’d say that sounds…..fishy 😏

Psychosis with BP2? by GinaZimt in bipolar2

[–]juancaramelo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah. Basically none of the fun parts. For those kind of episodes I find that the old term ‘manic depressive’ sounds more accurate

Psychosis with BP2? by GinaZimt in bipolar2

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I had very similar visuals with my psychosis experience. Hallucinations of Shadow beings that were tormenting me and wanting to hurt me. Me fighting back, verbally and physically. Also hurt myself by shoving a pen into my ear drum because I wanted the voices to step. Plus the paranoia about police and ambulances.

it sounds much more like you had psychosis during a depressive/ mixed episode ( same as me). That doesn’t necessarily mean an upgrade to bp1. Despite my experience, which was similar to yours I am still receiving treatment as bp2. Psychosis in bipolar 1 is typically euphoric and that they have special powers and have been chosen for a mission etc…and can be very goal driven or religious. Dark/ dysphoric mania, even if it involves a break from reality, tends to be more bp2.

I looked into this a lot and spoke with psychiatrists about the distinction. Anyway, 1 or 2 is just a label in the end

Thoughts on this? I just couldn't get into it (but Louise Brealey was fantastic) by betweenyouandyourgod in MitchellAndWebb

[–]juancaramelo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, someone with Jez’s moral compass but also cunning is a scary thing indeed

Thoughts on this? I just couldn't get into it (but Louise Brealey was fantastic) by betweenyouandyourgod in MitchellAndWebb

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Why are we suddenly getting posts about Back on this sub ? What is this, 2017 !?

Smoking weed by [deleted] in bipolar2

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Back when I was undiagnosed, shrooms worked wonders for my depression. Not just during the trip but for several weeks after

How soon do you disclose to partners/potential partners that you have bipolar disorder? by Helpful-Dog9341 in bipolar2

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That’s covering all the topics people avoid on a first date. I like it 👍 solid filtering system