The Glade 4.0

Hi all,

I'm back! About a month ago, I was manic and crazy and got myself banned.

Shortly after, events led me to being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward and diagnosed as bipolar. I was stuck in there for 2 weeks. Now I'm out and medicated, and attending group therapy every day. I am on short-term disability and am returning to work in a week. I hopefully will not "troll" here like I have in the past... I think I have matured past this as I am no longer Internet-addicted (currently I am RL socializing-addicted).

Being bipolar is scary. The rate of substance abuse for bipolar people is 47%. Also my medication can lead to weight gain, which terrifies me. I have to be careful. I definitely plan on staying on my medication. It reduces my energy level, but I get good sleep every night, which more than makes up for it. It also stabilizes my mood, which possibly helps with socializing.

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"The map is not the territory."

Welcome back.

I'm glad that you've found some help. I've had some friends who've been bipolar and it's definately no fun, but often with proper help (friends, habits, medication, etc.) it's controlable.

For my part, I'll consider this the "new" you and a fresh start. So...

/bonk!
Welcome to the Glade!

Thanks!

Being bipolar was fun at first... until things spiraled into insanity and panic attacks.

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"The map is not the territory."

Which is why a lot of us wanted you to get your head checked out. Mental disorders can be very, very destructive.

Glad you figured out what's going on; that's the first step to managing it better and limiting how adversely it affects your life and those who love you. Welcome back, sir.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

It's best to get this out of the way while you're young.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Welcome back. Glad you're taking care of this and getting help.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Welcome back.

I always preferred Lex to Imperi, so that's how I'll respond do you.

Glad you are back. Concentratiion can have it's drawbacks.

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"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." Charles Mackay

Welcome back dude

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Ron Paul 2012

Welcome back.

Take care of yourself and get yourself well.

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

Welcome back, Lex.

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"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice R. Longworth

"Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash Williams

Glad you're getting things under control. Welcome back.

/bonk

Welcome back.

Piece of free medical advice. There will come a time when you feel 'well' and want to stop your meds. One word....Don't.

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

Welcome back! I'm glad to see you're getting some help.

Does a contraction really get to count as just one word?

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Welcome back! Congratulations on getting the help you needed.

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"I've got twenty ways to tell you shut the f*ck up / nineteen of them are twenty-four bars long / the other one goes: SHUT THE F*CK UP" - Aesop Rock
"There is no God higher than truth." -- Gandhi
Formerly: Tulamian

Interesting question.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

When I had them, they generally counted for several exclamatory epithets.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Welcome back, man. You know what to watch out for, so just be diligent about it.

Okay, you got me laughing with that one.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

*laughs*

I actually read through mine.

I agree, wholeheartedly!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"