Been on meds since I was 11 and Im 20 now - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

Christina5126 · 06-12-2004, 01:47 PM

Why is it that taken different meds. over the years leads to more severe mental problems. I first had ADD at 11 then at 14 Biplar, now at 20 OCD I dont understand it. Ive been taken meds for so long and I hate it, they cause so many side effects. Doctors prescribe them, so the patients get a quick fix when there having problems.. Do U really think these doctors care what symptoms its going to cause down the line. Absolutely not they only care about the green bills they get every friday. I dont think its right. Im only 20 and I deal with so many problems. Please help

Ruth6:11 · 06-12-2004, 05:11 PM

You sound about as frustrated as I used to be beFORE I finally got a correct diagnosis of type I Bipolar Disorder. They put me on anti-depressents, they put me on anti-psychotics, they put me on stuff to counteract the side effects of the other stuff.

But one thing that IS hard to accept is that we can have more than one chemical imbalance/mental issue/personality disorders, etc.
Like you being ADD and Bipolar with OCD.
Someone else may have cancer, diabetes & psoriasis!

Lots of meds either way, huh??

The neat thing about Bipolar is that
1) We don't have to drag around an oxygen tank.
2) We don't have to give ourselves a shot with a hypodermic needle every day
3) We don't have unsightly varicose veins
Unless you're biplar with cancer and are diabetic and have varicose veins!!

I guess that since it is our very brains are affected by the disease and by the meds we take in an effort to find the right one or combination, it is easier to forget that others have diseases too. Incurable ones just like ours. Maybe just as physically painful as ours is mentally painful...

If I had to do it over again I would have started volunteering at Hospice, or a Nursing Home to help me keep in perspective who difficult one life is in comparison with the others.

And I REALLY do not mean to say that you shouldn't feel the way you do... Lord knows I've been feeling sorry for myself for about the past 2-3 yrs while I couldn't work because of this stupid Bipolar Disorder.
Just keep in mind that you're not alone in your suffering. Keeping others in mind can sometimes keep you from dwelling too much on your own problems...

And come here anytime to gripe. Honest. I've been doing it forever, and someone always feels a bit better and cheers me up, and someone feels a bit worse and helps me put things in perspective!!

mudhound · 06-19-2004, 07:38 PM

The neat thing about Bipolar is that
1) We don't have to drag around an oxygen tank.
2) We don't have to give ourselves a shot with a hypodermic needle every day
3) We don't have unsightly varicose veins
Unless you're biplar with cancer and are diabetic and have varicose veins!!

Ruth, I have never thought of it that way. You are the man oh women. lol

We all have so much to be thankful for.

Christina5126 · 06-23-2004, 11:17 AM

sorry I havent wrote back,, I totally forgot I wrote anything about this problem, I write different responses and I tend to forget what goes where... anyways psych meds do cause diabetes... I dont have diabetes, but I have something like it, I have insulin resistance, its where your pancrease doesnt produce enough insulin, so you cant burn fat as fast as normal people.. I also dont get my periods every month, i also have acid reflux.... These stupid psych meds... caused all of this.... Its a shame.... Im so depressed over this whole situation, that sometimes iwant to quit all meds.. I already tried that a few months ago... and I tell you that was a scary experience that I stopped my psych meds cold turkey. I was only taken seroquel at that time, which I was taken for 6years... Now im on trileptal for3mnths now... all i know is that i get a lot pains all over from these drugs... Including constipation and pain on my left side.... So i dont know and im very ****ed off. Take care everyone...

scarlet21 · 07-06-2004, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Christina5126

Why is it that taken different meds. over the years leads to more severe mental problems. I first had ADD at 11 then at 14 Biplar, now at 20 OCD I dont understand it. Ive been taken meds for so long and I hate it, they cause so many side effects. Doctors prescribe them, so the patients get a quick fix when there having problems.. Do U really think these doctors care what symptoms its going to cause down the line. Absolutely not they only care about the green bills they get every friday. I dont think its right. Im only 20 and I deal with so many problems. Please help

I am sorry that you have been on meds for so long and you are only 20. But I am 20 also and I have been on and off meds since I was 16. Because 1. my mon only took me to the phychiatrist and never got a true diag til 3 months ago, 2. because they were treating me for depression which as you know with BP is only half the problem. Thus far til 16 it was just ADD and depression. I know part of what you are going through, I am scared that I will be medicated for the rest of my life and never be comfortable with who I am which is so many wonderful things to me but sometimes crazy and misunderstood things to others. I have had so many side effects to switching meds every two seconds, at one point I took myself off them but ended up in the hospital. I relize that right now to survive I have to be on something and that makes me sick. Its not right that in the end your just a check but I want you to know that people like you who can relate are not just a bill to me

As for me I am looking for someone who can tell me how this ends. If it ever gets better. I have had symptoms of bi-polar since I can remember. Always describing them but not the right person. When I found out what my other name was I felt like I belonged, but I dont know anybody my age who has been diagnosed with this. I just need someone to relate to anytime all the time, to know that I am not 'just a rat in the cage'

"20 or 50? I feel 50......."