Reacting to video footage of my bipolar episodes!

Your videos are SO GOOD. The fact that you've managed to come so far at such a young age, the insights, wisdom, and on top of that using your progress to help others.. amazing girl. 👏👏👏

This is so fascinating actually. This should be used in training for practitioners :)

Good reaction, Liz. I remember watching your signs a shy girl and shy guy likes you videos back in 2013. That's 10 years! How time flies. It was cool to see you have a passion about your relationship with God. Watching your videos brighten my days. The 2010's, was a difficult decade for me. The ones who I thought who are going to be my friends until the end, walked out of my life, betrayals, going through horrible depression episodes, I fallen apart. I wanted to be happy again. I wanted to feel whole. Also, I have good memories. Thank you for always being yourself. I hope this year, brings you more exciting things. Continue to love yourself. Goodnight. :)

I find your openness about this subject to be inspiring and admirable. I hide that there’s anything going on completely. I don’t speak a word about it. Luckily things are pretty normal for me now and no one knows or can tell. When I first triggered it it wasn’t like that.

I can relate to everything in this video, I hate that you had to go through it too but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one

I remember my favorite manic spell. The euphoria was incredible. I remember four wheeling or jeeping. I was unstoppable on the way up, going through a trail I was unprepared for. Playing popcorn by Steve Aoki at max volume on loop. The music was just better in a way I can’t describe. It was like being on extacy or something. I got paranoid at the top of the mountain that someone had reported me for being manic and that there were firefighters at the bottom. I came down the mountain to fast and hit the transmission fluid cap off my truck. I drove the truck and it started grinding. Then I drove it to the dealer and took out a 5k loan to fix it. It was like being a drug addict without taking drugs. The euphoria on the ups was so incredible it felt so good. The depression on the lows was so powerful too. I knew something was wrong with me, I just didn’t know what. On one of the downs I literally thought I had brain cancer. I got on lithium. Gradually I needed less. Not getting medicated was not an option for me. I’m pretty stable now but things aren’t perfect. Latest addition is lamictal starting yesterday.

That is so interesting that you said it felt like God was abandoning you. My mother was, rest her soul, bipolar as well. When she was having an episode, high or low, she would say that God abandoned her. Blessings:hand-pink-waving:

I have severe OCD and mild autism, and I see a ton of overlap between these conditions and bipolar disorder. I, too, almost flunked out of school (twice actually) despite being someone who used to love education and intellectual debate/discussion. There were times in my life where I felt like I was on robot mode 24/7 where I could function but was very mechanical. Then there are other times in my life when I'm overwhelmed with happiness and creativity, very similar to the manic episodes you've described.

I've been following you since 2012! (I was 13) I have always admired your personality and used to try to have your personality. Sounds crazy I know, but it had to do with an undiagnosed condition I had.

Man I’ve watched you for a long time. And you’ve helped me so so much. Thank you for everything.

Welcome back to YouTube 👏👏👏

LMAO I remember these videos when I was an incoming student at Pepp! Class of 2016 🥳 I thought the video was super cute and encouraging— not cringe! ❤

Watching your chanel has helped me identify what was going on with myself. I am happy to announce I have finally gotten my diagnosis. 🥰

love yourself Lizzie. I see nothing but a normal exuberant young lady!

Love the new background!

I just found your content today! Thank you so very much for sharing

You are not a problem. EVER. You are perfectly infinite. ALWAYS.

Something to realize is, communications gaps between patient and doctor. Like some say things one way, then someone else another. Doctors have to interpret what a patient says. Which ones reference for wild is one thing, someone else it's another. As a friend from Alabama was regarded as wild in Alabama. In South Louisiana, well, he admitted he found what wild is

Could you talk about your experience with confession? if confession helped you with mental health or not?

Prozac can help but really any SSRI can help bipolar people. That being said, SSRIs can be extremely dangerous for BPs.