https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/need-to-understand-stuff-bipolar2/m-p/263388#M28711 <P>Hi guitarist</P> <P>We are illness sufferers or carers here so l cant get even close to snswering some of those questions.</P> <P>I have bipolar 2, deptession and dysthymia...a low mood depression. But l was misdiagnosed with bipolar 1 ( more severe) and adhd originally and hence took the wrong meds for 7 years....so get a second opinion.</P> <P>Sorry l cant help you more however we have a thread here that you can read or post in called "my bipolar life" started by another champion kazz. Have a see earch for it.</P> <P>Tony WK </P> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:07:25 GMT white knight 2017-02-14T06:07:25Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/need-to-understand-stuff-bipolar2/m-p/263387#M28710 <P>Hi all</P> <P>I have read all the literature out there about bipolar disorder and i am a little confused. I have been officially diagnosed with bipolar 2....but i don't get depressed?..my symptoms are i get so mentally exhausted from stress to the point it effects my entire body and i end up with huge migraine head aches and absolute physical collapsed from fatigue and a very noticeable dip in my health to the point where it actually shows up on blood tests as an auto immune problem (not kidding i have proof). My point is that i think the doctor has diagnosed me incorrectly OR..can someone please let me know if this is what they experience with there condition? Or should I get another opinion? One more thing i would like to ask..is..when my thoughts race to the end of the world panic i get extremely angry...like really really angry...almost like a defense mechanism kicking in when i have shitty thoughts..which is kinda just as powerful as the bad panic. But..they are both things to have going on...which makes me think..why do i over think EVERY THING...is it to stop myself from drowning or boiling or both. By keeping myself occupied? And why do i constantly blame people for this stuff...not that i ever tell them because i keep it to myself. I sound so rounded at the moment. But this cycles every 3 days....the headaches are every few weeks.. the physical assault is unbearable..medication does nothing..instead of my stuff coming in every 3 days....it drags out over weeeks..at least this way i have some kind of control. I wish it would all go away because i can't really keep going like this....I'm 37...have a wife have children...i used to work...had a job for 7 years in the one place...before that 6 years...now there is no work...anywhere...i have applied for over 147 jobs since January last year..no luck. I no longer know how to talk to people anymore because i have been out of the work force for so long. I never was a social butterfly anyway. How do i fix this? I don't think i can..</P> <P>Thanks</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:14:55 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/need-to-understand-stuff-bipolar2/m-p/263387#M28710 Guitarist 2017-02-13T13:14:55Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/need-to-understand-stuff-bipolar2/m-p/263388#M28711 <P>Hi guitarist</P> <P>We are illness sufferers or carers here so l cant get even close to snswering some of those questions.</P> <P>I have bipolar 2, deptession and dysthymia...a low mood depression. But l was misdiagnosed with bipolar 1 ( more severe) and adhd originally and hence took the wrong meds for 7 years....so get a second opinion.</P> <P>Sorry l cant help you more however we have a thread here that you can read or post in called "my bipolar life" started by another champion kazz. Have a see earch for it.</P> <P>Tony WK </P> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:07:25 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/need-to-understand-stuff-bipolar2/m-p/263388#M28711 white knight 2017-02-14T06:07:25Z