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Do you mind my asking what type of bipolar you have? Type 1 or type 2? I have type 2 and find it so hard to work and sometimes I can't and have had multiple hospitalizations. I can't get stable on meds. Just wondering what kind of chance I may ha...

You are an angel! Thank you so much for your kind words. They soothed my soul.

I've been and RN for 16 years. After graduation, I worked on a med/surg floor for 1 year then went into home health. That is where I stayed until 3 years ago when I went back into hospital nursing, med/surg. I did pretty well getting back into the...

I'm still struggling. After going without meds and tx, I wound up in a psych unit for a week. This is the 3rd hospitalization in a year and a half. I'm back on meds and seeing a psychiatrist, but I'm up and down. Good one day, the next depressed ...

My gynecologist thought that the depression was not caused by menopause, but I don't think she's checked my hormone levels. I'm thinking of getting another gynecologist and start all over again with them. I didn't get this severe with depression un...

Well, 2 years later, I wanted to give everyone an update. Even though I went into a less stressful nursing job since I had the near breakdown at my previous hospital job, I feel like now I cannot ever get back to the person I was before this happene...

I've been a nurse for 18 years, part of that time was on a med/surg floor. Hospital nursing literally almost killed me mentally and physically. I don't know why I ever went back to it. I tip my hat to any nurse that can handle it well. I wish I c...

I've been a nurse for almost 20 years now and I'm in my early 50s. In the last couple of years I really feel like I'm no longer sharp and my memory is getting not so good. I've suffered from depression for the last several years and I'm disillusion...

Thank you all so much for your replies. They did help. I have sought help for my depression for the last almost 3 years and I've been to psychiatrists, tried many meds, and had counseling and nothing really helps for long. Have a lower stressed ho...

Thank you for the replies so far. I worked at a hospital for a few years and it was so stressful I went into home health where, overall it is less stressful. But I don't even feel on top of that anymore. I have been trying to get help for my depre...

UPDATE: Thought I might come here and update you all on my post of 11-09. Here it is, May 30, 2011 and I am still not stabilized with my bipolar. It is bipolar type 2, where one does not have periods of mania with the depression, but periods of hyp...

Back in Feb 09, I posted on the general forum that I had some type of panic attack at work and had to tell my nurse manager I could not work that morning. I had called her into the office first thing after the day before having a horrible day. I ha...

I've been an RN for the past 15 years. I spent most of that time in home health. Then I decided that I would LOVE to be a travel nurse so I can see this beautiful country of ours. So then, knowing that travel agencies want you to have at least a year...

Thank you! They say things are bigger in Texas! :)

I haven't posted here in many months. Not since around the time where I got so stressed out at work, that I had to take a medical leave of absence for 6 weeks. I didn't know what to do, but did go to a PA that gave me Effexor and Klonipin for my de...

Just so all my posts won't seem like gloom and doom, I wanted to post something on a positive note. For those of you familiar with my bout of stress related panic attack, the depression, and being put on medical leave, then ultimately having another...

Personally, If I post a thread and many people respond to it, it doesn't matter if many people basically say the same thing or not. It's the fact that they took the time to try to help is what counts to me. I think the replies are for the poster no...

Today I was suppose to go back to work after being out for 3 weeks of medical leave for the mental breakdown due to stress I had at work or whatever it was. After 2 weeks home and meds, I started feeling much better and thought I was ready to go bac...

I posted here about 3 weeks ago about having severe stress at work and going through some sort of breakdown, and then going into a depression, going to the doctor and ultimately having 3 weeks on medical leave from work. The Lexapro I took at first ...

I am right there with you: (find my post on near mental breakdown several pages ago). I had to seek medical attention, put on antidepressants and am currently on a 3 week medical leave. Where I go from here is anyone's guess. I wish you well in t...

A few days ago, I made a post about a near mental breakdown I had at work due to the tremendous stress I have been feeling at work. To remind some of you, or to you who did not read it, I've been at this hospital for almost 3 years, before this I w...

Thank you for the replies everyone, they were all very helpful. I still have not the slightest clue however, what I am going to do. It's something only I can decide I know. It's just really hard.

I appreciate all the great replies to my thread "Stress related near breakdown." They have all helped so much. At this point I'm on day 3 of my 8 day medical leave. I'm still having a great deal of anxiety when I so much as even think about return...

Neatnurse, my youngest daughter, who is in her first year of college told me last night (when I told her the problems I'm having) that she would do anything it takes to help. She said she would work part time, get a job in the summer, just anything ...

Thank you so much everyone for the great advice I've received here. It has helped so much. A few weeks ago I found out there are not many openings in the hospital, and what was open were depts I really didn't want to go to that I heard were worse th...