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Old 07-25-2005, 05:46 AM   #1
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Are meds just opening a whole new can of worms?

Hello everyone, First i would like to say that i thank you for all being so polite and cool, you are all so very friendly and i accually have concern and care for all of you as you have shown to me.
I have a theory, first of all i was on meds for 7 years, all the different ones, all the pretty colors, all the combinations of what would have been the rigt cocktail, some times close but never the way i wanted it to work in a perfect way( there is no perfect cocktail in my eyes)Im not bieng judgemental or rude or thinking that im all that, but let me tell you what has worked for me(no not jesus, he helps but unfortunatly hes not the answer, it goes beyond that. Every single med i had ever went on had such side effects you know the tipical , weight gain , low sex drive, all that crap, and i spent so much time waiting for the meds to kick in and dealing with the side effects that i forgot one thing.... we need to understand bipolar and we need to deal with itas it comes naturally, all th ups and downs, weird deranged ideas, no sleeping for days, happy sad happy sad happpy happpy sad sad... the unfocused situations, the manic episodes, the depression, binges, irrational behaviors.. ocd, paranoid thoughts, losing job after job, it has been a struggle becasue i went off all my meds 4 years ago and decided to take the take me as i am bipolar girl and deal with everything that bipolar has stricken me with on a daily basis. it took 2 years to get a grip after going off all the meds becasue they fudged me up so bad tha ti didnt know if i we coming or going.(i dfinatley know that i wasnt coming, (hats a joke) and this is my point, we are all humans and we all have sexual desires from the time we are very young and that is such a good feeling, When i lost my libido from the meds i couldnt figure out what was wrong with me, then i realized, we are all humans that need sexual desire, it is a given and if that one thing is taken away(from the meds) we are in big trouble. sex is important, not just jumping into bed sex but even visual stimuli would be nice if we havnt lost that too, If nothing turns us on anymore,whats left? more meds? So what im trying to say is , try going off the meds and see what can happen, its not such a mess as you think, i was bad, im still not great but a heck of alot happier not taking any meds atall and just deal with the **** as it come and fudge everyone else that says that you need the meds, in my case it is working for me and alittle excited from day to day to see whats going to come my way, sorry this is so long i hope i make sense, im not saying my way is the right way, it is for me, i just gave myself a chance to explore and delve into this illness, and to see what would happen,so far so good, well take care you all you are great.

 
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Old 07-26-2005, 08:02 AM   #2
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Re: Are meds just opening a whole new can of worms?

I wish I couold go off mine ( husband and family would be very upset though) I only found out about being bipolar in November & only been on meds for a month , I def. don't like it. I want my life back, I want to be able to go out w/ friends go to bars and DRINK! Not that I am an alcoholic ( doc. said he doesn't think I do have a prob. w/ alcohol) thats just my thing & I think it gets me down. Any way sorry i went off right then. I envy you! ~ Kittyy

 
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Re: Are meds just opening a whole new can of worms?

I'm a type I Bipolar and for me to go off my meds would be the end of my life. I would either have committed suicide if I had enough energy to do it during a depression - or I would end up psychotic - again - unable to tell the difference between real and the chemical imbalance in my brain. In the psych ward of some state hospital by now instead of married, stable & working.

So, I'm fine with meds.


 
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Re: Are meds just opening a whole new can of worms?

Kimber lee :


I want wish you continued success with out taking medications for Bipolar Disorder. Perhaps, when our life seems to be under control,even with all the symptoms of Bipolar,we develope a more postive additude,and we tend to understand that we can live a normal life. You said that did not happen in your past,with a lot of " happy sad - happy sad days". You seem to want to take that "risk" without meds. To know more about your (Bipolar) life. I hear you saying,that all the side effects are just something you will not deal with. Including your "normal" sexeral desires. Somewhere in my past,I too, did not "like" taking my mood stablizers. I choose to do what you are doing. Until I had experienced Bipolar "life" so much, that I about lost my life.(sucide). That was 21 years ago and Lithium is my stability,now. It too, works for me. I guess that is our answer. We choose what "works" for us,when we have Bipolar Disorder.

Kimber lee, I truly hope that your decesion with out meds "work" for you. I heard a song a very long time ago and some of the words were: "Remember the Dawn,when youth and beauty are gone". I wounder if we can really hold out,through the "ages" without the help of a mood stabilizer. The side effects do tend to subside through the "ages". I will reach my "Sunset" with my meds.
I have experienced the "Risk",and didn't enjoy the outcome.

Please, read this post for you own benifit and success. And I do wish you GOOD LUCK.

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Old 07-27-2005, 10:19 AM   #5
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Re: Are meds just opening a whole new can of worms?

I thank you all for nice posts and congenial ways, i hope that i mentioned that this is working for me and im not saying to everyone that they have to try what im doing. just blabbin. but thank you for your support, il keep you posted, again, thanks all, kimber lee

 
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