I spent most of last summer going from a massive high followed by a crippling suicidal depression. A further stay followed - six weeks around xmas. I was discharged in January this year. I now find myself depressed just six weeks from my last admission. I know that i suffer from rapid cycling bipola...

Hi guys I am on leave having spent 8 weeks in hospital If things go ok i hope to be discharged in the early new year. This is my second admission this year. If i add up all the time that ihave been in hospital this year it would add up to 6 months (half a year) It has been really tough for me suicid...

I am alll over the place. Don't know where to post. My recent postis in safe room.

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Hi I am posting on several forums because i don't know which is best for me so please bare with me. Things are dire. I am in a psychotic episode where i am having visual and auditory delusions. I get no peace as the are so prevalent and cruel. I don't know how i can cope much longer. My wife is so s...

Hi B what a heart warming post - it is so very much appreciated. I know that you know how dire things can get. It is a great comfort that you,as others, are with me during this difficult time. I do have a faith and this caused me some consternation as suicide does not sit well with my Christian beli...

Thanks guys thank you on the edge you have some good ideas of which i will act upon. I have posted in the newbies forum ( wrong forum i know) that i am feeling much worse. Things are not dire but heading that way. I would prefer to post in a more positive tone but things are what they are and it's n...

Feeling very low again. It is only 10 weeks since my last stay in hospital. It was a 12 week stay and i was put through the ringer - manic- followed by a crippling depression. I am absolutely exhausted with it all because i am feeling worse day by day and i am worried where it will all end up. My CP...

Hi upwards. Thank you for your positive response to my post. I am going to edit the last sentence of my last post because i can see that it's meaning is not clear or misunderstood. In answer to your question I do voluntary work one day a week,a gardening club, and look after my grand daughter at lea...

Hi guys. during one of recent posts spoke of being high then low. I feel vulnerable because i feel low and worried that i am going to be ill again. I spent 12 weeks in hospital this summer. I feel so guilty because we are expecting another bundle of joy in the form of a second grandchild. We, and es...

Hi Angelique. I can't begin to imagine the pain that you and your son are - it must be a nightmare. Others have suggested a way forward and i think it is sound advice. The symptoms your son is showing is typical to depression. If you can persuade him (like you) to reach out for help then that's a st...