{"id":3615,"date":"2011-04-16T09:18:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T08:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/04\/16\/bi-polar-bear\/"},"modified":"2012-05-29T21:45:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:45:24","slug":"bi-polar-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/04\/bi-polar-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Bi-polar bear."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Polar-bear.bmp\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3616\" title=\"Polar bear\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Polar-bear.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Polar-bear.bmp\"><\/a>Ok so what is definition of bi-polar then? Not a bi-sexual white bear obviously.Now calm down I am not making light of it. I have been there got the stained tracksuit, baggy under eye and dragged myself up by the bootstraps to face the light of day once more. But I do wonder when does being a bit pissed off becomes depression and when does depression become bi-polar disorder?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a question. Obviously.<\/p>\n<p>So after a bit of research the general consensus is thus. Bi-polar go from one to the other.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms include: Periods of<\/p>\n<h5>Depression<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Feelings of unhappiness that won\u2019t go away\u00a0\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Agitation and restlessness\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Loss of confidence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Feeling useless, inadequate or hopeless CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Unable to think positively\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t concentrate or make even simple decisions SORRY WHAT DID YOU SAY OH YEH CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Loss of appetite\u00a0 NOPE<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping problems including waking early in the morning\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding other people CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts of suicide NOPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Periods of<\/p>\n<h5>Mania<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>General elation\u00a0\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Full of energy or ideas; moving quickly from one idea to another\u00a0 CHECK CHECK CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Unable, or don&#8217;t want to sleep\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>More interested than usual in sex MY HUSBAND WISHES CHECK BUT NOPE<\/li>\n<li>Making unrealistic plans \u2013 IF THIS INCLUDES RUNNING OFF TO THE SUN\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Overactive, talking quickly\u00a0 CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Irritable with other people who can&#8217;t go along with your mood or ideas CHECK<\/li>\n<li>Spending money recklessly CHECK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/catherine.bmp\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3617\" title=\"catherine\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/catherine.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>So\u2026I just thought that was being a woman\u2026it seems I have more in common with Catherine Zeta Jones than I thought. Except the geriatric husband, the 3 houses and the rather firm jaw line. So there we are.<\/p>\n<p>Afore I go can I just say head to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarscotland.org.uk\">www.bipolarscotland.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0if you would like more info. I know it&#8217;s not a laughing matter.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ok so what is definition of bi-polar then? Not a bi-sexual white bear obviously.Now calm down I am not making light of it. I&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,24,104,83,1161,77],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}