katlin09

Xblonde,

I'm sorry but I must disagree with the previous poster, because this disease can very much kill you, especially if you're manic. What happens when your out at night in the rain driving your car at a 100 mph in a mania induced fit and you wreck into a tree, because odds are you aren't wearing a seatbelt because in your manic mind you think you're invincible....you're dead.

What happens when your in a mania induces hyper sexual state and you go around having sex with any man/woman that will have you and it turns out one or more of them have aids? Eventually you're dead.

What happens when you just go up to the wrong person on the street because your in a mania induced state and you believe that you're a religious prophet sent to tell everyone that God is comeing and they stab or shoot or even rape you....you're dead.

I'm not trying to be Ms. Gloom and Doom here...but there are many people on this board that can tell you that these are all very real symptoms of Manic states. Seeing a pdoc and getting on medications to control you're manic episodes is very important for your safety and that of others, it also allows you to function in society, to keep a job, to keep a home, pay your bills, not alienate friends and family, etc.

You say you can't afford it, they're are always ways to get help, Medicaid, Medicare, free clinics, drug companies that give discounts or free meds, etc.

It's always the choice of the indiviual but this really is not a disease that you can control by eating a certain diet, or living in a certain climate, etc.

Please consider going to a pdoc and helping yourself.

Kat

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