I recently ran out of meds for about 4 days cause i didn't get ahold of my doc before the weekend. I was so differant :confused: when i wasn't taking them and really i felt ALOT better :) . I wonder if this is just the way it always happens.


Sweet bliss and peace for a couple of days then after a while that all goes away and into the hell and disaray my life brings when on meds. Life just doesn't seem differant when im on meds but not on meds i feel like I could rule the world.



I want to go off meds and have thought about it for awhile (on and off of course) I guess im just sick of the way i feel all the time and i want to finally discover what its really like to be med free......Im also scared of what id be if i wasn't on them....

I know that i should take them the way i should but sometimes i slip up and only take them once a day which is no differant if i took them the way i should, 2wice a day........ I just need some advice thanks for help!!!!! *JESSI*

Oh, be careful. A lot of the meds stay in one's system for days or weeks before the issue comes back.
My wife and lots of others have done this with not so good relsults.

Hi, I've been bipolar for 45 yrs. I was one of the 1st diagnosed and I've learned a good deal about this disorder. Trust me, you must not go off your meds just like that or you will get very sick. I know...I've done it :( and learned the hard way. There is a backlash and if you are not already there..you will be very very soon. Call your Dr. or pharmacist ASAP and get some meds for at least few days and then find out how is the safe way to change drugs. I'm sorry to tell you, but if you don't you will end up even feeling much worse than you did when you started taking your meds. It sounds like you need different meds. Do a search google and read about different meds and other things that may help you. Meds are not enough for me or for my husband. We also must watch our diet and take vitamins and exercise and keep things calm around us..that includes the colors we wear in our clothing and the colors our home is decorated in. To manage being bipolar well it's really a combination of a number of things. When you finally get them all in the right amounts, life will be much much better....trust me..I was one of the very 1st people who was diagnosed with bipolar back in the 60's. I've been thru a lot of things..and found some pretty good ones that work for almost everyone who is bipolar, hyper or depressed...so Don't give up..and please don't quit those meds over nite...you must wean yourself off them with your Dr.'s help and then get on some new meds. I hope that helps

By the way I forgot to mention, it's very very important for biploars to set a certain time to go to sleep every night, even if you are not sleepy...go to bed and stay there for at least 6-9 hrs. More than 9-10 hours of sleep is not good for most people [unless there is some other reason to stay in bed asleep] and being depressed is not a good reason to say in bed. Regular sleeping hours are very very important. You can bring on a bipolar event by not sleeping...I know...I've done it, not realizing what I was doing to myself. Now I go to bed at a set time, no matter what. I also do exercise daily and take vitamins and watch my diet. Caffeine, alcohol and some other foods will really cause problems for bipolar and often will bring on a bipolar event.

Us bipolars are not ALWAYS manic or depressed, right?
If someone goes off their meds during the "inbetween time" they may be ok for awhile...
but without the meds in their systems the next high or low will happen rather than being prevented.
It's important to take your meds everyday so that you will NOT go into the moodswings.
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Thanks and i just wanted to say that i did finally get my meds refilled but still feel really crappy. Im just sick of telling my doc that they dont work or having to tell him something else is wrong with me every time i have an appointment. I don't want him to think there is nothing that will help me or that im not tring to help myself. I guess im just ready for the right mix. *Jessi*

I went off my meds 4 years ago and decided tobe med free only because i hated the way i felt all the time , so zombie like , hum drum, no spark, my spirit was gone i was a drone, so i sent of the meds and i feel great mostly manic which gets me into trouble , not big trouble just petty ****, and i am totlally irresponsible and sometimes irraational, but no ones getting hurt and im not in danger so i feel that i am fine, i was kinda scared to go off the meds, but ifelt what do i have to lose, its my choice, i just make sure that on off days i dont complaine of depression or what ever because ill just hear from people "why arent you on meds for that" or "you shouldnt stop the meds," they just dont understand. so i dont complain. well good luck kimber lee

Kimber lee im glad to finally hear someone say that they are off meds...... 2 yrs. ago when i was diagnosed i was ok, my husband was in iraq but i was ok, Sometimes i think the meds make me worse, i felt good the first 3 or 4 months then i hit rock bottom, while on the meds, (that was a hard time for me)....... Me and my husband talk about the way i act sometimes and hearing him say " Why are you so bi***y and hateful all the time?" and he also brought my son into the conversation which broke me down I am NOT this person and don't want to be like this. I have NEVER got into trouble other than being mouthy to my parents and a couple bad episods (which didn't get me into trouble) but Never anything anyone would worry about...Inside I used to fell dark and like i was in a hole (sometimes)...I haven't been in the infamous hole (my husband cured that) but still cry and feal i shouldn't be this bad....sorry this is so confusing it is for me to!!!!!. I'm taking things that are supposed to help it. but they don't.... Maybe it's not bipolar, ????????.....They said i have type 1 bipolar. I have some major security issues which pills cant take away but......I think letting things go will help that.


Sorry for blabbering i guess i wanted you to know more about me to help me deal with this....... Thanks and let me know...... should i or shouldn't i be med free???!!! Am i or aren't i Bipolar???????? help me stop the confusion..... :confused:

The last time I went off of meds it took me 6 weeks before I felt the results of being off meds. And when it hit it hit hard and I spent 5 days in psychiatric.

Hey, i just wanted to let you all know that i am tring to wing myself off of the lithium im down to 2 a day (4 a day,berfore) I feel better but im still scared of what may happen down the road. I really like dthe thought of being med free. I want to be the way i was before i got on these meds. I hope it'll happen on day........I changed so much when i started taking lithium. I think the only reason they put me on it was because none of the d.p pills worked. Anyway thanks for the advice and more suggestions and advice would be great!!!!! *Jessi* :D

Hey, i just wanted to let you all know that i am tring to wing myself off of the lithium im down to 2 a day (4 a day,berfore) I feel better but im still scared of what may happen down the road. I really like dthe thought of being med free. I want to be the way i was before i got on these meds. I hope it'll happen on day........I changed so much when i started taking lithium. I think the only reason they put me on it was because none of the d.p pills worked. Anyway thanks for the advice and more suggestions and advice would be great!!!!! *Jessi* :D
Wow am I glad that there are other people in my situation. But before I go on about myself, hey babygrl337, so you say the only reason why you were put on lithium was because the dp pills wouldn't work huh? So what exactly does lithim supposed to treat? Is it supposed to treat bipolar and depression OR can it treat depression patients when their meds don't work or what?

Anyway this is my story and sometimes I MYSELF DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I GOT but I welcome your theories and comments about what I may have.
Currently I do see a therapist and for years I have been suffering from depression. I have 90% of the time always felt hopeless and I SUFFER FROM SOCIAL ANXIETY. I do not go outside. Anyway my condition has gotten worse over the years. In anycase I also notice that one minute I'm up and feeling a little hopeful. Then the next day or next couple of days I'm feeling depressed and hopeless again. Then the next week I say to myself come on girl pull yourself together and then I do pull myself together for at least a week and then afterwards the hopelessness and depression comes back with a vengeance. In the past I have had prozac, zoloft, Effexor and Buspirone for anxiety plus another depression medication I've had but I don't remember the name. In anycase none of these anti-depressants worked on me really except for prozac in the beginning it worked for about 3months and then stopped.
So anyway I am wondering if what I really have is Bipolar/depression as opposed to just depression alone. Ok guys please tell me what you think from the symptoms I have described to you thanks.