hey i'm new .

[NikkiTheVampirex]

I'm Nikki as you can see in my name . lol
I'm not bipolar, but my dad is .
He's on this website && told me about it
&& i thought i'd check it out .
he's trying to explain to me whats going
on with him . Right now he's going through
a manic stage && he's trying to explain things
and it's so hard for me to understand cuz
he rambles && repeats alot . so i came on here to
see if any of you could help me understand more with
whats actually happening with him because it's killing me
to see him like this . ='[

[GarryV]

HI Nikki,

just noticed you were here so I just wanted to say hi and to thank you for coming.

Hey everybody this is my daughter NIkki I signed on as sick but now I'm just GarryV

show her what we do here and in are heads and what the meds may do to us.

I want her to know what I do and why.

thanks nikki love you

[francie]

Hi Nikki... nice to see you here!

Sometimes we go though phases of thinking a lot around here... lots of thoughts and flights of ideas at the same time.. that would explain it for me when i find myself rambling on and on.

You've got a very nice name.. same as my granddaughter!  spelled the same way too... she's also a lovely and concerned young lady!

Glad you're here ~~francie.

[DJ]

Welcome to the site, Nikki.  It's nice to have another family member on the site.

Derek

[Phyllis]

Welcome to the board Nikki!

I want to commend you for coming here to learn more about what your dad is going through. You are a good daughter!

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask, we love answering them!

[nordicnicki]

hello nikki and welcome..i havent been here long but i would like to sayhow fantastic you are actually wanting to understand why us bp sufferes do and think like we do...as often it makes no sense to some of us.Alot of non bp's brush it all off or think we can just pull ourselves out of it...if only!
i imagine we each have our own was of expression and my best way to describe it would be that there are times when you can have so much energy built up inside and no matter what or how you do things it is never fast enough to satisfy,perceptions change and what can seem totally rational and normal can become to the piont of absurdity to others,feelings of imortality nothing can hurt you and everything is possible.then there are those days when it crashes down,a black cloud filling your heart with unhappiness and fear,failure...some like myself see things that arent there to others ,hear voices arguing in your head or just talking constantly.we all tend to have trouble sleeping from what i have read of others comments.no one can really pin piont why we are this way........a good friend of mine pionted out to me once that bp sufferes are special people and should embrace it as a challenge in life to learn and grow from and it can make us see the world as it realy is not as society tells us it is......not sure if he said that to make me feel better.....but it would make sense to me........by being here you are showing your love and support for your father and sometimes the little things can mean so much to us when help is need that we cannot ask for at times........wish we could all have someone like you in our corner to catch us xx