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Bipolar - NO MED OR DOC TALK
A place for mood cyclers to share, support, and enjoy one another.
Created on 2004-09-25 17:04:51 (#4645297), last updated 2009-12-15
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Basic Info| Name: | Bipolar - NO MED TALK or DOC TALK |
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| Membership: | Open |
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jillteresa@yahoo.com AboutDo you have cycling moods? Are you Bipolar affected, or do you think you might be? Do you have a Bipolar Affected loved one or just want an "insider's" perspective on this disorder? Are you sick of Bipolar groups that do nothing but say, "I'm on this med or that med. Do you recommend this med or that med? My doctor said blah blah blah."? Do you dream of discussing your thoughts and feelings with other Bipolars without hearing the words Zoloft, Paxil, Lithium, etc. ever again?
This is not an exclusionary community. If you are on meds, or seeing a shrink, or both, you are sooooo welcome here! Please keep the med talk and the doc talk where it belongs; in one of the other Bipolar, mood disorder or mental health communities, or in your doctors' office.
Why did I start this community? Because we need to get a break from "fixing" ourselves so we can just BE! The most beneficial and non-judgmental place to do this is... together! :) I'm sure that we share many common traits and could spin some very interesting discussions. For example, most Bipolar Affected people that I have met are intelligent, creative, interesting, exciting people!
The rules are simple:
#1: No med or doc talk! It seems obvious enough, but I figured I should officially make it a rule. If you need to talk about these things, try visiting![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
crazymeds or club_meds. If you feel you've been hurt by the mental health industry, check out psurvivors, the psychiatric survivor's community. There are many people here who are on meds and see docs as well as those who don't; please use a different forum to rant/rave about these 2 topics. If anyone has any suggestions about other comms that are good for med talk, please let one of us know so we can add to the list here. Thanks!
#2: Respect others! We may have a total lack of self-respect (lol), but we should always respect others' thoughts, feelings, and opinions. Use some tact, and speak with good intent.
#3: What's said in the community, stays in the community! Unless you have the express permission of the author, do not share these posts with others. If they want to take part in our discussions, they are free to join the community.
#4: Posts should be RELEVANT to the community. Keep in mind that your posts should be either relevant to the topic of Bipolar Disorder or other mood disorders such as cycling depression (and related topics and/or your experiences with Bipolar, etc.) or otherwise helpful and informative to the group. Extremely long posts or posts including pictures should be placed behind a courtesy lj-cut.
#5: NEW RULE: PLEASE PLACE ALL POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CONTENT BEHIND AN LJ-CUT. If you don’t know how to do lj-cuts, read this FAQ: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=207 Ignorance is not an excuse. If you are still confused, ask someone PLEASE. Triggering content will be deleted if it is not behind a cut. Triggering content can be extremely dangerous to us. Examples of triggering content include, but are not limited to, talk about suicide and suicidal thoughts, cutting, drug abuse, other self-destructive behavior, and disturbing stories. Please use common sense here, and if you are unsure, please err on the side of caution and just put it behind a cut.
PLEASE DONT LET #5 SCARE YOU into not posting. If the FAQ doesnt make sense to you, try reading this post that is also available in the memories section: http://www.livejournal.com/community/bipolar_nomeds/36019.html and if you still dont understand, please ask a mod.
This is not an exclusionary community. If you are on meds, or seeing a shrink, or both, you are sooooo welcome here! Please keep the med talk and the doc talk where it belongs; in one of the other Bipolar, mood disorder or mental health communities, or in your doctors' office.
Why did I start this community? Because we need to get a break from "fixing" ourselves so we can just BE! The most beneficial and non-judgmental place to do this is... together! :) I'm sure that we share many common traits and could spin some very interesting discussions. For example, most Bipolar Affected people that I have met are intelligent, creative, interesting, exciting people!
The rules are simple:
#1: No med or doc talk! It seems obvious enough, but I figured I should officially make it a rule. If you need to talk about these things, try visiting
crazymeds or club_meds. If you feel you've been hurt by the mental health industry, check out psurvivors, the psychiatric survivor's community. There are many people here who are on meds and see docs as well as those who don't; please use a different forum to rant/rave about these 2 topics. If anyone has any suggestions about other comms that are good for med talk, please let one of us know so we can add to the list here. Thanks!#2: Respect others! We may have a total lack of self-respect (lol), but we should always respect others' thoughts, feelings, and opinions. Use some tact, and speak with good intent.
#3: What's said in the community, stays in the community! Unless you have the express permission of the author, do not share these posts with others. If they want to take part in our discussions, they are free to join the community.
#4: Posts should be RELEVANT to the community. Keep in mind that your posts should be either relevant to the topic of Bipolar Disorder or other mood disorders such as cycling depression (and related topics and/or your experiences with Bipolar, etc.) or otherwise helpful and informative to the group. Extremely long posts or posts including pictures should be placed behind a courtesy lj-cut.
#5: NEW RULE: PLEASE PLACE ALL POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CONTENT BEHIND AN LJ-CUT. If you don’t know how to do lj-cuts, read this FAQ: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=207 Ignorance is not an excuse. If you are still confused, ask someone PLEASE. Triggering content will be deleted if it is not behind a cut. Triggering content can be extremely dangerous to us. Examples of triggering content include, but are not limited to, talk about suicide and suicidal thoughts, cutting, drug abuse, other self-destructive behavior, and disturbing stories. Please use common sense here, and if you are unsure, please err on the side of caution and just put it behind a cut.
PLEASE DONT LET #5 SCARE YOU into not posting. If the FAQ doesnt make sense to you, try reading this post that is also available in the memories section: http://www.livejournal.com/community/bipolar_nomeds/36019.html and if you still dont understand, please ask a mod.
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Let us know who you are and why you're interested in our community!
COMMUNITY MODERATORS (please direct all questions to one of the mods)![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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That should cover it. See you there!
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