What is Bipolar Disorder?
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- Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes changes in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. In this video, I discuss what bipolar disorder entails.
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I’m bipolar and recently came out of a really bad episode that lasted from last December until I ended up in the Centennial Centre for all of April. It wasn’t my first time in hospital but was my first time there. It took a week of heavy medication for me to come out of psychosis, and I haven’t felt the same since. My entire sense of self has changed. I have a hard time working and socializing and my memory is awful. I feel like my psychotic episode changed who I am as a person. It’s hard. I don’t know if I will ever feel totally normal again, and that is hard to accept.
Hang in there , i had same experience . With time this feeling will go away.
Eat/ sleep well and go for walks and do things to make yourself laugh- read jokes, watch comedy.
This feeling is quiet common after psychosis. Which medicine u took to come out of psychosis?
I felt similar for a while after I had psychosis, but now I'm back to completely normal it's been almost 6 years later
It takes a fair amount of time to recover from a hospitalization and get your meds right. Hang in there. Be patient with yourself.
This exactly happened to me after experiencing my first major bipolar episode. 5 years later and I still don't feel 100%, but I do feel much better. It was a long journey but I'm better now than I have been since that major episode. I still don't think I'll ever be 100% again, though.
Psychosis is an experience that changes you as a person.
Lauren, thank you so much for making this video. I have Bipolar 2 Disorder and have struggled so much to find online resources and people sharing their own experiences with the illness. I started watching while you were pregnant with Theodore, and now I am 21 weeks pregnant with my own babe. Your videos have helped me navigate a lot of the worry and shame I had about having Bipolar (especially taking medication) and becoming a mother. Please know that the care you take in sharing all the important information that you do is so so meaningful to me and so many others. Thank you for all that you do 💛
Hi Aleca, I just started a channel about bipolar disorder if you’re interested. It is hard to find information.
@@considerallthat3310 I love Jessica, I’ve been watching her for years! Thanks for the suggestion. So glad we have these creators to relate to
I have BD2 with a rapid cycling course, this is a fantastic video. I LOVE that you made a point to say Bipolar 2 is not merely a milder form of BD1, but a separate diagnosis. I've learned so much more about Schizophrenia, and really the spectrum of all things mental health through your channel, keep up the great work!
I have Bipolar I with some psychotic features and rapid cycling. For me the most common type of mood is actually mixed episodes. It runs in my family. Both my dad and my sister have bipolar. Before my diagnosis life was so awful but about 4 years ago I got on medications and I will never go back, I feel so blessed. All my moods now last only a few days whereas before it could be months.
Yes. I take Lamotrigine and have for 5 years now. It's an amazing med for me. I also have an antipsychotic.
Hey guys,let’s be friends. I have borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder 1.
Lamotrigin 150 per day+ neuroleptic +corrector.
@Bernard you have 1 type?
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Finding the best doctor who listens to me has been life saving. My bipolar is manageable.
I have so much to share. I’ll write more tomorrow. My life with bi polar, 13-52 years old.
Keeping it real here. I was not diagnosed until I was in my 40's. But now knowing the symptoms, I look back over my life and could see where I have had episodes throughout my life. Starting in my early teens with the loss of a pet. What no one knew, was I had been molested as a child as early as elementary school age. My parents took me to the doctor because I was acting out, teachers complained to my parents stating I needed to be put on medication for ADD. I was 41 years old when I told my mother what had happened. Fast forward to my career choices. I took jobs that were risk taking. I was Superman, nothing could hurt me. I had a 17 year career in law enforcement. My manic episodes were helpful, because I could work cases with no sleep. I functioned most days with maybe 3 hours sleep. (Which now I know is not good for my mental health.) I had been shot at, stabbed and cut in a fight. I loved the adrenalin rushes. I lived for it.. That was my fix. It was not until I was going through marriage problems, cheating wife, to a divorce my world CRASHED. I was using alcohol to cope, I was suicidal. I had been to my local doctor and looked for help. He tried to place me on Seroquel. I had a very bad experience. I took it and went to work. Driving down the road in my patrol car knowing I was intoxicated by the prescribed drug. I pulled over and called my wife bawling to come take me home. Never took it again. I could not work like that. One night after an argument with my wife I drank an excessive amount of whiskey and took Clozapine. I threatened suicide and my wife called a friend of mine who called the police. I was hospitalized for a week. After released I spent the next three months in, in-patient therapy. After that, I lost my career in law enforcement, got a divorce, slept with anyone I could, filed bankruptcy because of my financial situation and was just a mess for about 4 years.
I then met the lady I am married to now. We were dating at the time when my mother passed away unexpectedly. BOOM spiraled right down that rabbit hole again. Depressed, could not sleep, using alcohol to cope, put in the hospital for a 72 hour hold, released and my now wife helped me got help. We sought counseling and a psychiatrist. I had went through a few doctors because we just did not jive. Looking down on me, telling me there is stuff wrong with me. NO KIDDING. I did not need to pay her to tell me that. Anyhow, I found a great doctor, we tried several types of medication before we got it right. Some medication made me want to just through plate glass windows. I would call the office the following day and ask for help, even went to the ER once because I knew that was a safe place. Fast forward to today. I have a great career now, I can't say enough good things about my doctor. I've graduated to only have two appointments a year. I take my medication as directed and try to sleep. That has been a struggle all my life and I still average 3 hours a night. I hate full moons. I don't track it but my wife does. I go through a mantic episode for three days, however I am not suicidal, not depressed and don't use alcohol as a form of medication. OH ya, the drug Seroquel, I followed my doctors orders, take it at night and only have problems if I am going to be up after I take it, then its a bit crazy.
Thing is, there is help for us. We need to seek it, find the right doctor, counselor and friends to be with. I shared my life experience with a co-worker I could trust, so if he saw me toing something out of the norm, he could approach me and I would know and listen to him. Maybe a little manic now. Keep typing. I hope this helps someone, anyone.
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I have Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder as well and it’s absolutely exhausting living with this illness. My recent med changes have helped A LOT but, I’m still currently experiencing a depressive episode which is frustrating as I swear I have not had a stable mood since February
Hi Lauren. Hope you’re well. I greatly appreciate your videos and the work you’re doing to decrease mental health stigmas!!
This is a great video that covers the basics of bipolar disorder. I love how you gave your experience as well. People tend to overthink their diagnosis when in reality, they have the same treatment (most of the time). I’ve been diagnosed for almost four years now and I’m STILL trying to find the right combo.
Keep up the awesome work! Love your videos! 👍
Hello there! I have been keeping on top of your channel since the beginning! I have bipolar disorder, as well. I was diagnosed with depression at 12 years old, then severe anorexia nervosa. I was hospitalized for both several times, including in-patient therapy. Then, trauma occurred again as my mother died when I was 25 years old. I believe that I was probably bi-polar in my teens, but I did not reach full diagnosis until then. It has been 20 years since then. I have been taking medication since, but life has not been easy. I see a therapist three times a week for support and guidance. I rapid-cycle a lot. Spirituality has been pretty helpful for me, and my family is supportive. It is not easy because I cannot work. I receive Disability benefits, but altogether I am living under poverty level. Thank God I am able to live with family, but I do not know what I am going to do when my father passes away. Mental illness stigma is real. When I do let others know about my illness, I get a lot of invalidating disbelief. “But, you do not seem like you have that…”. They do not understand. It is also hard watching loved ones grow up and reach milestones that I have never Reached. It can be a lonely life.I do not mean to compare war-wounds here! Lol!
I have bipolar, PTSD, Autism, etc. I am on disability also. I agree it is hard to see people doing things I once thought I could do. I feel sad that I can't do them.
Thank you so very much for talking about bipolar disorder, the types, and the symptoms that many of us experience. Your videos are a blessing to so many, and keep up the good work! I'm so incredibly proud of you. ❤
Tack!
My dad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 36 years old, I was 10 at the time. He got help when the problems got so severe, that he couldn’t ignore them anymore. He had a traumatic childhood, but mental illnesses run in his side of the family too. I have a few mental illnesses and diagnoses under my belt as well, though not bipolar disorder (or schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder, still - I love this channel and its support and understanding! 💗)
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Thank you. One thing about my medicine for bipolar is that it took a while to get used to feeling less emotion and I kinda miss the euphoria. Does anyone else find that to be true too.
I find that's it's because your brain is soo used to experiencing it that it freaks out from its "normal" and therefore you feel like you miss it. It's very common for all mental illness to go into nostalgia mode and you do miss certain aspects that made you feel wonderful but in reality it's the opposite. Soo yes most people who have even gone into remission do feel the same way. Then some don't miss the symptoms of their mental illness at all.
I never had that problem with my last drug (Tegretol). But other medications such as Lithium and Depakote, yes. And Risperdal. That one was the worst.
@@Satellite_Of_Love For me Tegretol did not help at all. Lithium works best for me. Everyone reacts to medications differently. You have to figure out which medicine works for you. Sometimes you have to try many different medications before you find the right one.
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Maintain social connections! I had my first psychotic episode recently after moving cities. Seeing my family brought me back to normal. Very powerful stuff 💜
Thank you. Very down to the point. I have bipolar disorder. I'm from Sweden. It has been very though. A good thing is that we in Sweden have free healthcare. I only pay 200 dollars for medecine per year. Medecine is what helped me stay alive. I often listen to your clips. Love. You look like Marilyn Monroe by the way.
Thanks!
I would love a video focusing on cyclothymia! It is such an unknown diagnosis for so many people.
Yes me too! There isn't as much information about cyclothimia apart from its a lesser form of bipolar. Cyclothimia is really hard to live with. I hope someone does a video about this.
Excellent video. Your videos are valuable in decreasing stigma.
So informative! Thanks for this video :)
Hello... Kevin here. One thing about my Schizoaffective diagnosis is that I absolutely adore my Mania. I feel like a superhero when I am Manic and I do tons of things. I'll buy up coins like crazy and gamble irrationally. I will also consume more expensive foods and alcohol when I am going through my feeling of euphoria while I am Manic and I will drive a ton around a ton more... I love speeding and Mania.
I was diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia and I guess I've had it for a long time and just didn't know after being raised by someone who didn't like us showing any emotion at all and would get mad when we did but that meant when I did have a episode I didn't understand it and worse didn't know how to handle and that led to me causing self harm but now I not only have a better understanding and taking for it but I also have 3 wonderful boys and a husband although I'm still learning a lot I have to say I'm happy with the changes I made not just for me but for my family to 😊😊😊😊😊
Great video..I have cyclothymia and adhd....what helps me greatly is when I quit coffee...and trying to swtich to just drinking green tea...on a low dose lithium orotate..inosital...I'm much better when sleeping well
My wife is a bipolar and have alcoholic predisposition. She has been depressed lately after a sustained period of manic alcoholic episode where she would drink behind my back; as we are currently separated, and impulsively leave town and be missing for a few days. She recently made a suicide threat and we committed her to a mental hospital. Now it’s been three days and I don’t know how to care for her.
As someone with bipolar, my advise to you is make sure you take care of yourself, get a counselor and support system. Put the oxygen mask on yourself before you try to help her. Find a church with a NAMI group nearby if possible. ❤️🙏
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I was diagnosed with Bipolar I aftwr my dad passed away. I was going through dangerous manias and became very paranoid with voices in my head. I went onto meds before I ended up in the hospital (was close to it) and they have helped tremendously. Now I'm at the point where I'm trying mood stabilizers because I have seasonal depression ramping up but I'm also teetering on another mania. So I think the hardest part of this is finding the right meds and going on that journey of trying meds and different doses to find what works for you. I was so against meds at first but I was only getting worse. Now I am scared of losing them if I lost my insurance. This was really insightful on what bipolar is and what to look out for. I love learning more about this mental illness so I learn more about what I'm going through. Thank you for a wonderful video!
I'm bipolar with psychotic features. I was just diagnosed a month ago even though I'm 64 yrs old. I think that I've had it for yrs. I hear voices and see things in my periphory. The meds and therapy have me in control at present.
I was diagnosed with bipolar 2. After 20 years this label has been changed to cyclothimia and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. It's hard to stay on top of things when my moods are constantly changing.
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How can you tell the difference between bipolar, C-ptsd, disassociating, and or psychosis? I've been having a hard time along with my doctor's knowing what all I have. Btw thank you so much for your content I love watching your videos you truly make an impact 💕
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Hi. I can try to help. I have bipolar I with psychotic features AND C-PTSD. For me dissociation and psychosis are very different feelings. Bipolar and C-PTSD too. I'll try a basic explanation if you have questions let me know. Dissociation is where you feel sort of not in your body, like a spectator, or where you just lose time/memory, it may also include feeling numb emotionally and physically, like your body isn't real. It is a technique the body uses to save you from pain that happened to you before in the past. Psychosis is more like not being in touch with reality- delusions, hallucinations, voices, paranoia. That being said one thing that does overlap is de-realization (this is a form of dissociation where you believe reality isn't real, like your in a game) and this is also something some people experience in psychosis. Now- Bipolar includes Mania/Hypomania and Depression, as outlined in this video. C-PTSD on the other hand may have depression, anxiety, panic, dissociation, restlessness, nightmares, feeling out of touch with people, not having a lot of trust, maybe pushing people away/or clinging to them, and jumpiness/startle response, hypervigilance, the list goes on. C-PTSD does not include mania/hypomania at all. I hope this helped. This is from my own experience/research and I am not a licensed professional.
@@HasabeMizurukara I have Bipolar and PTSD and I agree with you.
Yah I have PTSD as both a road to Schizoaffective Disorder and what happens because of it. I get depressed but it is actual not dissociative and is related to the PTSD.
My brother is facing bpd pychosis , is it features are for lifetime ?
Very good video
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Thank you so much for your content! Now I understand what the psychiatrist meant by "mixed symptoms" my mom is currently experiencing within her Bipolar diagnosis.
I have a friend who is bipolar and is on medication.
I have schizo affective disorder bi polar type, like you. I take Latuda for psychosis and mood swings. It works very well with a little sleepiness and possibly no hunger effects. I also take lexapro, an anti depressant and had it lowered because it caused a manic high episode in which I was awake for two days. I was not bored with life for once and read and wrote a lot. I did not experience the rebounding low, I just found some way to sleep, most likely a medicine. You missed the opportunity to talk about creativity and enjoyment of manic highs. I'm not an advocate of that exactly, I mean I know it's a mistake but I do like to be happy!
I have Bipolar 2 so it is exciting to see bipolar disorder covered on your channel!
This is awesome. I'm type two and also experience psychotic symptoms connected to my depression which I have a hard time trying to explain to other people with bipolar which is unfortunate. When I am hypomanic I'm basically typical of hypomania symptoms I don't get psychotic at all but when I'm experiencing depression that's when I experience psychotic symptoms which I start losing grip of reality, that everyone is out to get me, paranoia and the delusion of trying to save everyone against myself due via suicide which. I feel psychotic side of depression isn't talked enough at all which is soo unfortunate. Since its also an extreme just like hypomania is even though its not full blown like type 1 mania.
Something that is most often unsaid or overlooked, as I’ve noticed in myself and others with Bipolar Disorder, is that we can have long periods without any energy. It basically feels like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and can last for 1 year++. Another thing is hallucinations. Videos like these usually mention hallucinations while depressed or manic, and that they are usually mood congruent, but some of us experience hallucinations between episodes, aswell as during episodes.
I have BP1 and have had hallucinations since my late teens. I had them for over 10 years before I told my doctor. It became part of my day and I tried my best to ignore them (voices _outside_ my head). I also sometimes had visual hallucinations, or visions if you will. I don’t have to be manic, depressed or even psychotic. Just tired, stressed out etc. But they are warning signs I need to heed, or else a psychosis will develop, or a mood episode. Because I basically experience psychotic symptoms most days of the year, my sole medication is antipsychotics. This treatment works well, but I still get hallucinations in periods where lots is going on, I’m stressed, get little sleep, drink too much etc. When that happens I slow down and double my medications for a while, then start going back to normal. Rinse and repeat.The auditory hallucinations are very complex/realistic and convincing (usually mood congruent, sometimes not, sometimes commanding), and the visual ones can be anything from an animal or pet in the corner of my eye, to, like last week, the same thing all day, a woman walking around my appartment, with her shirt lifted up, a bucket sized hole on her stomach and her picking «intestinal stuff» from out of the hole and eating it.
thank you so much
You described me
So perfectly
i never new much about it just hyper.
Great description. Thanks.
How are you? So lovely to see you again. I love watching your vlogs.
Thanks
Thank you for this :)
Bipolar 2 here. I always thought my mania was my normal and my depression wasn’t me
I have never had a balance though until this year. I just got on meds and to have a “normal” or baseline is strange to me. 🤣
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Unipolar depression, taking time to cry helps.
I wake up two or three times a night when in depression, i find it really disturbing as i have intense dreams all night. Hypomania can be great but you kind of know it won't last, i usually crash after it. At times i love having bipolar but if i could push a button to get rid of it i think i would.
I recently had the biggest high and biggest crash of my life. Ended up in a big psychotic episode. I hope this never happens again.
I'm an OT student and super passionate about psychiatry! Have you been to occupstional therapy at all and if so, what was your experience?
Painting birdhouses in the locked unit with a glorified babysitter (OT)
Hey there! I have borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder of 1 type.
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I have schizotypal personality disorder and bipolar ii. I most often have depressed or mixed episodes. My mixed episodes are usually somewhat psychotic, with high paranoia and irritability, and mild delusions. Only on one occasion did I have a pure hypomania episode with anything psychotic, which was that I was super excited because I thought I saw a UFO. I don't know if I was misdiagnosed as to type, but I feel like not, because my pure hypomania is always very brief, not always even meeting the minimum duration (often like 3 days ish) and my sleep experience is more like manageable insomnia than a total lack of need for sleep or restedness with little.
Hello lovely! I'd love to hear more about psychotherapy
My first experience with psychosis due to bipolar disorder was during my first, and almost successful, attempt at suicide. I was 13 and depressed, and I was obsessed with the concept of death, but unlike future moments of suicide ideation I did not consider the overdose I took at that age as a suicide attempt. I didn't fully understand the concept of suicide at the time. I was consumed by obsessive thoughts about what happens when you die. I wanted to find out, and one night I went to take the mood stabilizer the doctors put me on, and I can't remember why I chose then to take the entire full bottle, but before I could think about what I was doing and why, I had taken the entire bottle, went upstairs to my room and slipped into unconsciousness. Luckily my uncle found me in time and saved my life. Later on in life, I would have moments of suicide ideation and could recognize them as such, but that first attempt was done without any sense of rationality.
One thing she got wrong is that you can have bipolar 1 without ever having a depressive episode.
Can you help understand or describe the major differences between schizoaffective disorder and bipolarism. So many of the symptoms sounded like they are common to both. Thank ypu for these videos.
You don't sound judgemental. I can't stand people who tell me how smart they are. My friends tell me that they are smart. Now I stay up for long periods of time writing novels. I just finished two. So I guess that I suffer from bipolar one. Sometimes I feel like I need to change the world. But I feel like a loser and a person dealing with a midlife crisis. I would say wired. Reduced need for sleep and overspending. I love sculpting, but I am not too good at it. I believe that I have dyslexia too.
Hi Lauren been watching your videos for about years now. You have been really helpful on my journey of learning about my illness. I have Schizoaffective disorder bipolar type too. Right now I am experiencing lack of motivation. I want to stay in bed all day. I wish I could just sleep all day. I don’t feel depressed just a feeling of fuck it, I am not getting up today. I have worked as a peer specialist helping others with mental health diagnosis. In my last job I was triggered and started to experience symptoms. I just interview for another job. I am worry I wont be able to deal with the normal stressors of the job. I want to be able to work and provide for myself. I am currently questioning if I should just apply for a disability check and just focus on my schooling and forget about peer work.
it’s so strange i have all the symptoms for some kind of bipolar disorder, doctors have been talking over my head and mentioned it for twelve years now, but nothing’s happening. the hypomania i reckon is my ”normal state” and then theres depression. there’s not much in between.
I wish you could be our psychologist
It would be nice to have therapy. I might try to add this on to my regimen.
I love your videos. I'm struggling with bpd
That is an abbreviation for borderline personality disorder. BPAD is the clinical shorthand for bipolar affective disorder
Psychotic depression is also a good content for a next video. An overlooked disease
i am bipolar with mix states
The drs have said I have BP 1 and MDD (Major Depressive Disorder)
met a bipolar girl online, we shared we love, she told me she bipolar and I accepted her, I gave her immense love after and we reciprocated, she felt normal, later she got vacations after 4 months, the vacation was a month long, she started drinking alot, changed her persona, her dress style, her thoughts, her depressive state, it felt like she pushed me away, i want to be there for her but the question is big now that she has blocked me after we had a little fued because i tried to make her feel better when she was in a really bad state, crying and depressed, i was kind of high and it got me scared cause she could have probably hurt herself bad, she was drunk and alot on her mind, her blocking me and then when i tried to reach her she is ignoring and ghosting me, makes me beg the question was that love or was I used as an emotional support? its together 7 months and i know she was really good for about 4 months like normal, she behaved really normal, like any person would, she even talked well, and shared her life, nothing extreme. But since vacation started, things changed like extremely. SO WAS THAT REALLY LOVE, DOES SHE REALLY WANTS ME or SHE JUST USED ME AND IS DONE WITH ME NOW ?
But I thought the main difference between bipolar disorder and schizoaffesctive disorder was having a psychosis when there is no manic episode present. So now I’m confused you can have psychosis in both the manic and depressive state? Then how does it differentiate from Schizoaffective disorder?
I don't have schizoaffective disorder but I did have a psychotic episode at the end of my last bipolar episode. I normally just have big highs and lows.
@Audenbobauden ok that clarifies it up a bit. This might be ignorant because I don’t have bipolar disorder but I thought people who have bipolar disorder only have manic/hypo manic and depressive episodes and no in between ever?
I have scitzoaffective disorder depression type. I don't have ups or mania. I feel so flat
I got the label "Bipolar affective disorder" from my DR and still waiting on a diagnosis.
Hmmmm
Lauren, would you be so kind to share what medication is helping you now? My close friend had to wean off of her long time med. But the doctor is not finding a good replacement. Please share as she has the same diagnosis as you. Thanks so much!
Different medicine works better for different people.
I would like to know what do of think of reality TV and having bi polar? Do you think TV programs can enhance the problem?
Can u interview an opposite of world country.....i can give my perspective
Can you get disability with bipolar
With schizophrenia
With schizoeffective ???????
Can you give an update on your medication situation?
Soledad
Can a future topic be about pseudohallucinations plz
can you do a video on borderline?
I wish there was a channel like yours for bipolar... I come to yours instead because I didn't like the ones out there...
Have u tried writing.......
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Nice teeth 😬
Well shit what do you call it when you’re manic 24/7? 😂
That's still bipolar 1. Bipolar 1 does not require a depressive episode for the diagnosis.
90% of all of this was just reading the DSM verbatim. Spreading awareness and knowledge of mental health issues is huge, but goddamn is that the bar for "content"? Alright then.
@@love2teachu2 Being alive. Or does creating content trump that for you?
@@brainwash480 Being alive is great. Try to be compassionate, too.
@@love2teachu2 Compassionate for or toward what? I'm bipolar 1, and I honestly didn't appreciate being represented as just a reading out of the DSM-5. If you weren't virtue signaling, compassion was a weird word to use there.
I had a legitimate criticism about the video. That's all. So don't make it more than that.