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08/25/2010 03:27 AM
kellylynn
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some-days i feel like the dr have misdiagnosed me. i feel like i am a normal person. usually when i feel like this i stop meds, then enviable i crash. maybe i just have learned over the past 14yrs how to control my moods instead of them controlling me i don't know. or maybe meds just work well for me its the ocd part i cant seem to get under control. just wondering if anyone does the same thing? i won't stop my meds but feel fine. thanks for listening
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08/25/2010 04:03 AM  Top
boonescreekgirl
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I am also Bipolar type 1 and I feel better when I'm not medicated. The side effects of the medication bother me. However if unmedicated, I will crash also with the mania and have to go into the hospital. It took me five times of this cycle, not taking meds, having a psychotic episode, being hospitalized, going back on medication, and quitting meds again. I just had to realize that I can't function without my meds, plain and simple. I deal with the side effects so that I can be somewhat normal.
Melissa

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08/25/2010 04:39 AM  Top
Dit
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I've been on meds for 28 yrs and never stopped taking them, i'm also bipolar I and had a full-blown mania/ psychosis over two decades ago and i truly believe by staying on my meds is why i've never had another full-blown mania again. I too do not like the side-effects but i know i need my meds to stay well.
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Lithium 300 mgs, Lamotrigine 200 mgs, Klonopon (Clonazepam) .05mg more if needed, Clomipramine (Anafranil) 25 mgs, Abilify 5 mgs, Seroquel 25 mgs

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08/25/2010 05:46 AM  Top
uppitywoman
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I have always wanted to not be on meds and I lived without them for along time before I was ever diagnosed, so I know how I am without them, my life is utter turmoil and I am a mess. It has taken 5 years to get to a place of stability and along the way I was tempted at times to just quit, but now that I actually feel great I know that I have to take them or end up like I was before them and maybe even worse. It took a while, but I have reached the place of acceptance. I have realized that I need to take them for the rest of my life in order to have a life that is worth living.

I know it's very tempting to stop because when you feel good, why take them? I know you know the reason why you feel good is because of the meds and as you pointed out, the inevitable crash is terrible. I hope you will reach that place of acceptance so you can enjoy life without that nagging feeling of throwing them away.

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08/25/2010 02:09 PM  Top
Joy75
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I've only been diagnosed for a year and half and stable for five months. I would never go off my medications. I would not want to feel like I did before them. Sure I at times felt normal, but most of the time I didn't. Just because you do feel normal on medications isn't a reason to go off of them. I know you say you have tried it before and are asking if anyone else has tried it. No I have not. I hope you don't do it anymore to save you from any grief. I like to see you feeling happy and normal. I hope you are at that point right now. We are always here for you to turn to.
Joy, 37 years old

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08/25/2010 02:25 PM  Top
getfitwithjohn
 
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I was diagnosed 2.5 years ago been stable for about 9 months, I can not imagine stopping my meds. For the first time in my life I feel "normal" my paranoia is gone. I can sleep and concentrate as well as actually feel accomplished.

I can not lie it gets tiresome taking all my meds, but to quote my doc"medications are made to be used, they make you feel better" I can not disagree.If it were not for my meds I wouyld have check out permanently 2.5 years ago. I think I was the only person to tell my cardiologist to let me die during a cardiac episode, I am very glad I didn't in retrospect. Life is good and mellow and even for the first time in my 49 years

John
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200 mg Seroquel
.5 mg Xanax
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