Usually I rely on distractions to keep me preoccupied until my mood shifts. Big help is if theres some friends available in a voice call to tide me over for a few hours. If that's not possible I'll try to go take a long bath. Anything that lasts around an hour or more usually takes my mind off my BP

I will say though, until I found the right cocktail of meds for me my depression got absolutely devastating for a period. The weight of the diagnosis feels unbearable at first, but it's manageable. No matter how bad this disorder has made me feel I've always been thankful for finally being diagnosed

I definitely think my diagnosis put a lot of events from my past into perspective and made me more keen-eyed of my hypomanic tells, yeah. I think it's overall made me more aware of my swings and what triggers them over the last few years I've known I've had bipolar 1

Always happy to have another mutual who gets how it feels. I'd be happy to check your streams out sometime

Very true, and thank you very much. Bsky has been a bit of a boon with its custom feeds, it's felt so hard to find other bipolar people who are open to expressing their experiences. It's nice to find some kindred spirits. Hope you have some nice restful nights.

Being bipolar as a man is a struggle. Growing up with nothing but banter holding my social groups together, it's legitimately hard to build the courage to speak up about my struggles, much less decide where I could possibly air my grievances without it blowing up in my face. Still finding my voice.

thankfully it's a good time to go outside if that's an option for you. i find a short walk or maybe 10 minutes spent just sitting outside definitely helps to snap me out of lows. it also gives me motivation to spend some time on creative endeavors which helps pass the time and keeps my spirits up

Yayyyy yippee I'm gonna watch Trigun again with my friends woooo yeah lets go

I recently got a site up on nekoweb but im stuck at the part where idk html

chatgpt, load up my snackalicious flavour profile and place an order for ASAP. include a tasty drink and a scrumptious side. disengage price limit, you'll be using my dad's card for today. tell them to leave it in the usual spot behind the bush

Please send it my love and remember to unplug it for 6-8 hours a night ❤️

how does one deal with constant butterflies in their chest? I dont have anything to be anxious over atm and yet it feels like I'm about to sit down for a calculus quiz, but like, always.

same feeling you'd get when teach's passing back graded tests, this shit SUCKS.

My mistake, meant to say instant runoff. FPTP is what we currently use (Haven't taken statistics in over a decade now). If we had that, we could vote for multiple choices by rank, making it impossible to "throw away" a vote

But that's not what the career politicians want, they want THEIR party ONLY

They're not bipolar. Both are entrenched in the pursuit of capital above all else. Liberals just take the frog in boiling water approach while conservatives are crazy accelerationists. First-past-the-post voting would allow for more parties to have a shot, but they all know this and so they bury it.

Not to say I haven't experienced grief, I just got used to it 😊

I haven't been able to cry in over a decade. I think I've shed more tears via frisson/yawn response than grief, genuinely.

[learning about moon child in the middle of a depressive spiral] i don’t have the power to be his friend. i don’t have the power to do fucking anything

sometimes I can wake up at 1 am, as a treat

On a completely unrelated note, I'm looking for some fun Ableton tips. For a friend

It's fine. Only 3 months to ship with $150 in last minute tariffs. I'm not still chuffed about my speaker interface which still hasn't recovered its previous functionality. I'm not chuffed at all

Totally not about to learn how to use a completely new DAW in the hopes that it changes anything

Always some bs edge case that's both ungooglable and ultimately unrepresented in any of the FAQs or troubleshooting documents

The encoder module is missing from the editor yet manages to send a signal through to the LCD just fine??

Why am I always the first person to run into these issues

Buy hardware: shit dont work

Buy software: shit dont work

Call me Vinny Vinesauce the way everything I touch is irreparably corrupted

Been on it for a few months for my depressive episodes. Haven't had any side effects (That I've noticed at least) but it's been doing a great job of keeping me productive. Good you're planning to take it with an antipsychotic. It's an NDRI so it's way better than SSRIs, but the risk's still there

The meds do help a bunch, but will never truly end the cycles (Other than fullblown mania ofc). I find naps to be good reset points when I'm feeling down especially. Also helps on days when my hypomania makes me prone to aggravation, brain needs as much rest as it can get

There's some yucky fuckin people on the internet!! Yep!!!!

Pros of funny bipolar feed: Connect with people with shared experiences who need support and advice

Cons of funny bipolar feed: Every dumb keyboard warrior is currently calling the president bipolar and it's given them the perfect excuse to demonize everyone like you.

bipolar funny buzzword

Did I hit a nerve?

Sorry you got cucked by your son's teacher or w/e

Self-proclaimed internet "socialists" try not to shit all over people with mental illnesses challenge (impossible)

Still better than depakote which caused weight gain and GI stuff