Why I STAY on my meds
- I have been in the hospital 3 times one year in a matter of 5 months. Then managed to stay out of the hospital for 7 years & had to go in a couple of times followed up with 3-4 out patients stays. I NEVER stopped my meds. I went through rapid cycling with pyschosis, mixed episodes for 18 months before the pdoc found a drug mixture that worked for me. After that, why would I want to stop my meds? They were the miracle I was looking for. During the 18 months when things were so bad I was raising a pre teen daughter & just trying to manage my household. And get from one day to the next, get from one hallucination to the next delusion. I went on social security disabilty and gave up a career of 21 years. But I have my family If you have drugs that work, thank your pdoc & God. And remember, that there are people who commit suicide everyday because they couldn't take waiting for that miracle drug or they were in an episode and weren't in a place to get the help they needed
- —rllongan
Won't stop meds
- I know ativan is habit forming, and my tolerence to it is high, but if I miss a few I can't sleep and alot feel hypomanic.I take 4 a day as needed, usually 3 at the most. I also deppend on sonata to sleep, and lithubid as mood stabilizer. Sometimes I feel like my meds barely work. But without them I would be hypomanic, anxious, and disoriented.
- —Guest u2fran
meds
- I'm on the path to stopping meds because I just can't fight the insurance companies anymore. theyve decreased my welbutrin, ritalin, and have made it so difficult to keep getting my meds. I'm giving up.
- —Guest Mr. Trileptal
Tapering off of Meds....Lithium/Lamictal
- I have been dx for approximately 4 years now. I was going through a marriage break up and other emotional stressful times. I haven't taken a break from meds once since that time. I've always had doubts about the validity of the dx. I am going off this time, under medical supervision and if it is unsuccessful, I will concede to the fact that I am bipolar. I too am tired of the whole process. Everything I do seems to be tainted with the "that's because I'm bipolar" mind set. Hopefully it will be okay.
- —phershirley
Rather Die
- The only time I feel like ME is when I am med free. I am a zombie otherwise. I want to be a real person with real feelings. Not a person whose ways are dictated by meds.
- —Guest Just Me
Won;t quit, but sure want to!
- I have been on meds. for 40 years, since high school. That's been a long winding road with not much relief at times, despite them. I want to cut back and am doing some with the supervision of my psychiatrist. If I need them, I need them. Very sad to do so however. Feel like a freak sometimes.
- —Emmett.1
To Stop or Not
- My last breakdown was so severe - my mania was at a seriously high level, so high I was very delusional and hallucinating for months before I finally fell into catatonic stupors. I was trying desperately to hold my marriage, my business and my life together. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and I lost my husband of 20 years, my businesses of l0 to 15 years, my home on the Lake of the Ozarks, even had to give away my 4 beautiful dogs who were like my children to me, never to see them again. I lost my entire life. I never want to have to repeat such an ordeal again; I don't think my heart could take it. I am involved in a very loving relationship now with a new man which has lasted about 8 years and I don't want to jeopardize it in any way. So going off my meds is definitely not an option for me. I think the next breakdown would be my final and fatal.
- —Dragonladynaps
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