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#BipolarTikTok showcases personal stories, experiences, and insights related to bipolar disorder. It fosters community, awareness, education, and support, sharing humor, struggles, coping mechanisms, and mental health advocacy among diverse individuals.
Eugenics has been a huge part of American history. A few decades ago there was forced sterilization of people with mental illness, which occurred throughout the 20th century. Many people today don’t make the connection of wanting those with mental illness to not have children to the recent legal practice of eugenics. A parent with bipolar has about a 10% chance of passing it on to a child. Bipolar can also be passed on through all family members of someone with bipolar. This was the case for me, because my aunt and great grandma have bipolar through my mom’s side of the family. Neither of my parents are bipolar, but it was passed on to me. If someone wants to eradicate bipolar, everyone in the extended family could not have biological children. I’m curious if these people believe those with diabetes, heart disease or cancer in their family should also not have children. Today there are amazing medications to treat bipolar which can put the symptoms in remission. By the time my children are adults (when bipolar typically comes out) it is likely there will be treatments to reverse brain damage, fix circadian rhythm disruption, diagnose bipolar through brain scans, and blood tests to identify effective medications. All of these things are already in the works. The reason I experienced so much suffering with bipolar is it was not diagnosed for many years (which caused permanent brain damage) and it took so long to find medications that worked. If any of my children have bipolar, I’ll know when they are young, will get them into treatment at the start of their first episode, and medications that work on me are most likely to work on them. What also caused me suffering was the isolation of not knowing people with bipolar and not feeling understood philosophically with the identity problem.  I will be an amazing mom to someone with bipolar, because I’ll understand all the emotions they are going through. Researchers will soon be able to identify genes which cause bipolar, schizophrenia, adhd, autism etc. and blood tests will identify these in utero. Soon parents will be able to end pregnancies of babies with mental disorders. This is modern eugenics. #bipolar #bipolardisorder #bipolartiktok #bipolartok
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Eugenics has been a huge part of American history. A few decades ago there was forced sterilization of people with mental illness, which occurred throughout the 20th century. Many people today don’t make the connection of wanting those with mental illness to not have children to the recent legal practice of eugenics. A parent with bipolar has about a 10% chance of passing it on to a child. Bipolar can also be passed on through all family members of someone with bipolar. This was the case for me, because my aunt and great grandma have bipolar through my mom’s side of the family. Neither of my parents are bipolar, but it was passed on to me. If someone wants to eradicate bipolar, everyone in the extended family could not have biological children. I’m curious if these people believe those with diabetes, heart disease or cancer in their family should also not have children. Today there are amazing medications to treat bipolar which can put the symptoms in remission. By the time my children are adults (when bipolar typically comes out) it is likely there will be treatments to reverse brain damage, fix circadian rhythm disruption, diagnose bipolar through brain scans, and blood tests to identify effective medications. All of these things are already in the works. The reason I experienced so much suffering with bipolar is it was not diagnosed for many years (which caused permanent brain damage) and it took so long to find medications that worked. If any of my children have bipolar, I’ll know when they are young, will get them into treatment at the start of their first episode, and medications that work on me are most likely to work on them. What also caused me suffering was the isolation of not knowing people with bipolar and not feeling understood philosophically with the identity problem. I will be an amazing mom to someone with bipolar, because I’ll understand all the emotions they are going through. Researchers will soon be able to identify genes which cause bipolar, schizophrenia, adhd, autism etc. and blood tests will identify these in utero. Soon parents will be able to end pregnancies of babies with mental disorders. This is modern eugenics. #bipolar #bipolardisorder #bipolartiktok #bipolartok
I thought at the time that my first diagnosed depression episode was an isolated event. I was a junior in college and found an antidepressant medication that mostly got rid of the depression.  A few months after that during my senior year I began spiraling into mania and crashing back down into depression. I was finally diagnosed with bipolar 9 months after being diagnosed with depression.  Looking back on the past few years, I was able to identify many depression and manic episodes throughout my time in college that had gone unnoticed.  One of the worst things to accept is that I had been in therapy and psychiatrist appointments while in bipolar episodes, but had not been diagnosed with bipolar despite telling them my family history.  It took a few years of trial and error to find the medications that worked the best for me.  Now I love being on my bipolar medications! I feel such a sense of peace and often even forget I have bipolar because my symptoms are in remission.  When I was first diagnosed with bipolar at 21 it seemed like my life was over and I was in such a state of chaos with the uncertainty. 9 years later, my life has turned out so amazing.  #bipolardisorder #bipolar #bipolartiktok #bipolartok #depressionawareness #bipolarawareness
I’ll stick to taking my medications prescribed by my psychiatrist that are proven in peer reviewed studies to prevent bipolar episodes. #bipolar #bipolardisorder #bipolartiktok
It is so sad that symptoms of mania are praised by our culture. This is why it often takes years from the onset of episodes to be diagnosed with bipolar.   A lot of the symptoms of mania and hypomania are viewed as positive. I went through three and a half years of on and off mania before being diagnosed.  I had no idea that productivity and happiness and creativity and having fun meant I was sick.  Depression I could easily understand as a sickness, but with mania it was so different.  This has made it so hard for me to stay on meds, because I viewed my manic self as an ideal version of me.  I’ve now been on meds consistently for 7 years, but earlier in my diagnosis I would impulsively go off every 6 months and this cycle happened for several years.  While manic, I have done 100 hour work weeks making videos for my YouTube channel, uploading full length videos 2-3 times a week. This is seen as a positive thing and helped my career.  Mania can make bipolar people so exciting and impulsive and flirtatious and humorous which many non-bipolar people experience as a fun person.  This was so hard for me, because it seemed like people preferred the manic version of me. Mania can also cause bipolar people to be more emotionally vulnerable and affirming which leads to deeper conversations and closer relationships.  When I was manic, I found that strangers would open up to me about intimate details of their lives and something in my face or how I listened created that trust and vulnerability.  I felt so much closer to God when I was manic, because I would read my Bible and pray and sing to God for hours at a time. That connection and vulnerability was a manic symptom called hyper-spirituality, but because I grew up Christian I just thought I was having these amazing spiritual experiences.  The biggest thing though was the feeling of happiness and elation. I was the happiest person I’d ever met and life felt amazing when I was manic. It felt like I was seeing life things through a kaleidoscope of diamonds.  This is why so many bipolar people go off their medications, because there is a chemical addiction to the mania.  After existing that way for years, it was so difficult accepting that who I was while manic caused me permanent brain damage and was harmful to me. As mania builds up with more sleep deprivation it becomes more dangerous and can lead into anger, losing a job or impulse quitting, ruining a marriage, cutting off other relationships, selling possessions, going into debt and having wacky religious experiences.  It can be terrifying and completely out of control.  #bipolar #bipolartiktok #bipolartok #bipolardisorder #bipolardisordertype1
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It is so sad that symptoms of mania are praised by our culture. This is why it often takes years from the onset of episodes to be diagnosed with bipolar. A lot of the symptoms of mania and hypomania are viewed as positive. I went through three and a half years of on and off mania before being diagnosed. I had no idea that productivity and happiness and creativity and having fun meant I was sick. Depression I could easily understand as a sickness, but with mania it was so different. This has made it so hard for me to stay on meds, because I viewed my manic self as an ideal version of me. I’ve now been on meds consistently for 7 years, but earlier in my diagnosis I would impulsively go off every 6 months and this cycle happened for several years. While manic, I have done 100 hour work weeks making videos for my YouTube channel, uploading full length videos 2-3 times a week. This is seen as a positive thing and helped my career. Mania can make bipolar people so exciting and impulsive and flirtatious and humorous which many non-bipolar people experience as a fun person. This was so hard for me, because it seemed like people preferred the manic version of me. Mania can also cause bipolar people to be more emotionally vulnerable and affirming which leads to deeper conversations and closer relationships. When I was manic, I found that strangers would open up to me about intimate details of their lives and something in my face or how I listened created that trust and vulnerability. I felt so much closer to God when I was manic, because I would read my Bible and pray and sing to God for hours at a time. That connection and vulnerability was a manic symptom called hyper-spirituality, but because I grew up Christian I just thought I was having these amazing spiritual experiences. The biggest thing though was the feeling of happiness and elation. I was the happiest person I’d ever met and life felt amazing when I was manic. It felt like I was seeing life things through a kaleidoscope of diamonds. This is why so many bipolar people go off their medications, because there is a chemical addiction to the mania. After existing that way for years, it was so difficult accepting that who I was while manic caused me permanent brain damage and was harmful to me. As mania builds up with more sleep deprivation it becomes more dangerous and can lead into anger, losing a job or impulse quitting, ruining a marriage, cutting off other relationships, selling possessions, going into debt and having wacky religious experiences. It can be terrifying and completely out of control. #bipolar #bipolartiktok #bipolartok #bipolardisorder #bipolardisordertype1
????? can’t wait to update y’all on my first day of IOP thursday.   stay tuned. I’ll also do a med update because i get a lot of questions regarding medication.  I left my book open for you guys to read in hopes somebody does not feel alone, like i’ve felt most of my life. Hope one day to save people like me, who are normal people with a secret life. #bipolarisnotabadword #bipolartiktok #blackmentalhealthmatters #badbitcheswithbipolar #bipolar2
I’ve loved this little group of anxious and sensitive folks! #mergenz #highlysensitiveperson #depressionanxiety #MentalHealthAwareness #griefandlossjourney #anxietyattack #neurodivergent #bipolartiktok #mentalillnessinnit
everybody disregard my previous TikTok. The episode is over.. I feel myself slipping back into my old ways, I don’t want to eat. I didn’t even drink any alcohol.. I had a horrible time out.. all I want to do is go home and ignore everybody.   stay tuned.   #bipolarisnotabadword #bipolartiktok #mentalhealthtiktok #blackmentalhealthmatters
Oh nothing dedicating my tiktok to show the world that Girls with Bipolar Disorder are soooo misunderstood. Esp Girls of color. Often passed as sensitive, dramatic, problematic, bi*chy, crazy, crash outs, mean, agressive, too much.. 😂all by people who do not understand or deal with the things we deal with. so yeah my new tag:  #badbitcheswithbipolar  #bipolar2 #livingwithbipolar2 #MentalHealthAwareness #bipolartiktok #mentalhealthtiktok

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