{"id":1538,"date":"2009-03-23T08:57:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T12:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2009-03-23T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T18:04:11","slug":"bipolar-disorder-how-to-slow-down-the-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-how-to-slow-down-the-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder?  How To Slow Down The Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re doing ok today.<\/p>\n<p>I saw this post on my blog at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\">www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lori<\/p>\n<p>Hi Dave,<br \/>\nWell I am new to this site and have been<br \/>\ndiagnosed for years with all sorts of stuff and<br \/>\nhad lots of testing done to figure out that i am<br \/>\nbipolar II with adhd, so much fun. I have been<br \/>\non meds for little over a month and trying to hold<br \/>\ndown a job, well anyways, had a few good days<br \/>\nand then a gal at work just triggered me like<br \/>\ncrazy and so writing to hopefully slow my head<br \/>\ndown.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to hear that my episodes have the<br \/>\nchance to get fewer and farther between and what<br \/>\n i would give to not have an episode for years.<br \/>\nI have a huge issue with rapid cycling and feeling<br \/>\nof impending doom with my episodes and cant<br \/>\nsee reality for what it truly is. I hate this illness,<br \/>\nbut just a beginner in finally getting medicated<br \/>\nfor it and getting hope for my future. Anyways<br \/>\nthanks for this website and all your hard work.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>I want to talk about a few things in this post.<\/p>\n<p>First, thanks Lori for all your kind comments.<\/p>\n<p>Second of all, Lori makes a big point in her post.<\/p>\n<p>Many people with bipolar disorder have a problem with racing thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>You might think it only happens to people when they&#8217;re in an episode, but that&#8217;s not<br \/>\nnecessarily true.<\/p>\n<p>Even people with bipolar disorder who are stable still have times when they can&#8217;t turn<br \/>\noff their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Some have what&#8217;s called PRN, or as needed, medication that they keep on hand for times<br \/>\nlike those, prescribed by their doctor, that helps them slow down those racing thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>For supporters, I explain it like this:<\/p>\n<p>You know how some nights, you have those times where, no matter what you do, you toss<br \/>\nand turn in bed, and you just can&#8217;t sleep, no matter what you do?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like, in your mind, you just keep replaying the day in your head?<\/p>\n<p>Or you keep thinking about the kids, or your husband, or your parents, or work, or about<br \/>\nthe past or the future, or whatever?<\/p>\n<p>Like you just can&#8217;t shut your mind off?<\/p>\n<p>Only, in your case, this doesn&#8217;t happen very often.<\/p>\n<p>And you might take an over-the-counter sleep aid to help you go to sleep.  Or a hot bath.  Or read<br \/>\na book till you get tired enough to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>But for someone with bipolar disorder, those racing thoughts just never shut off, no<br \/>\nmatter what they do.  The thoughts come out of nowhere.  They stay.  They go around<br \/>\nand around, and no matter what your loved one does, they can&#8217;t stop those racing thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>For them, it doesn&#8217;t just happen once in a blue moon like it does for you.<\/p>\n<p>For them, it&#8217;s part of their bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>They can&#8217;t help it.  And it&#8217;s very frustrating for them. <\/p>\n<p>Now maybe you can understand it a little better.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already talked about one way for people with bipolar disorder to handle racing<br \/>\nthoughts, and that is to take medication for it.<\/p>\n<p>Writing or doing something creative for many with bipolar disorder is a great way to slow down<br \/>\nyour head and channel your energy from the racing thoughts, too.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings up another point (the energy) from Lori&#8217;s email.<\/p>\n<p>She talks about being a rapid-cycler.<\/p>\n<p>Boy, is that tough.<\/p>\n<p>I talk about the different types of bipolar disorder in my courses\/systems, and rapid-cycling is a type of bipolar disorder:<\/p>\n<p>                           NEW<br \/>\nLEARN THE SECRETS OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WITH<br \/>\nBIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarmastersystem\/<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/p>\n<p>My mom is a rapid-cycler, too.<\/p>\n<p>What that means is that she can go from one mood extreme to the other and back again, in the<br \/>\nsame month, week, or even some people do it in the same day!<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine how hard that is for someone to live with?<\/p>\n<p>Just when you&#8217;re starting to feel better\u2026<\/p>\n<p>CRASH!<\/p>\n<p>Down comes the mood again.<\/p>\n<p>Then\u2026<\/p>\n<p>WOW!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re all excited again!<\/p>\n<p>And these mood swings are SO unpredictable!<\/p>\n<p>Ask anyone with bipolar disorder what the most frustrating part about it is, and they&#8217;ll probably tell you that if you&#8217;re a rapid-cycler, the most frustrating part is the unpredictability of it.  You<br \/>\nnever know when the moods are going to change.<\/p>\n<p>But, again, you can write about your thoughts and feelings in a journal.<\/p>\n<p>You can also keep a mood chart or diary, where you record your moods every day and try to see patterns as they develop, so you can head off an episode before it happens.<\/p>\n<p>As a supporter, you can help your loved one by watching closely for triggers and signs and symptoms before an episode comes on.<\/p>\n<p>Then either your loved one or you needs to get in touch with the doctor or psychiatrist to get your loved one the help that they need before they go into that episode.<\/p>\n<p>But, on a daily basis, for people like Lori, channeling the creativity and energy of bipolar disorder is the best way to handle their bipolar disorder, like by journaling or doing creative things like projects.<\/p>\n<p>What about you or your loved one?<\/p>\n<p>Have you had a problem with racing thoughts?<\/p>\n<p>How do you handle them?<\/p>\n<p>What about rapid cycling?<\/p>\n<p>How do you handle that?<\/p>\n<p>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertracker.com\/go\/Post\/BP_Kills_BlogAd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get <strong>FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re doing ok today.<\/p>\n<p>I saw this post on my blog at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\">www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lori<\/p>\n<p>Hi Dave,<br \/>\nWell I am new to this site and have been<br \/>\ndiagnosed for years with all sorts of stuff and<br \/>\nhad lots of testing done to figure out that i am<br \/>\nbipolar II with adhd, so much fun. I have been<br \/>\non meds for little over a month and trying to hold<br \/>\ndown a job,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-how-to-slow-down-the-thoughts\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bipolar Disorder? 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