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I am 18 years old and I have Bipolar Disorder. Will I have to be on medication for the rest of my life? |
I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder about two years ago. I was never really the type to take medication daily so I still can鈥檛 get used to it. I don鈥檛 really mind it I just like having to worry about taking them at the same time every day. I have been getting better with taking my medicine but I don鈥檛 like the fact that I am addicted to pills. I just want to know if I am ever going to get off of the medication. Yes. It's very possible that may have to be medicated for the rest of your life. This is not because you will be "addicted" to the medication. But instead, you will need the medication to regulate your moods in the same way that a diabetic needs medication or insulin to regulate their blood sugar level. If you were on a same pill for 2 years its possible for your body to develope Tollerance that could slow down the treatment......With Biopolar Disorder other then taking medicines that prove to be helpful is theraphy but its hard to listen to others who textbook case you and give you advice when they should question you and write in their textbooks. even they recommend(friends and families)im not a doctor but people who are USED to take medication doesnt leave much room in their head for other options. until you discover other option you'll just have to take pills until your body starts to balance and nuetralize without the medicine. which means keep taking the pills untill you feel slight or no difference when ur on or off the pills. and never stop until doctor tells you other wise. You can try electroconvulsive Therarpy. It has a bad rep, but works. Also, you can learn to live with it; just realize that problems will happen. I believe the effects of the medication outweigh the effects of being full-blown bipolar. Once people start to feel better, then they get off their medication(common mistake). Don't bet that you have to be on this the rest of your life. People get better... Probably. I dated a guy with the same thing. He was bipolar and didn't have a problem with the medicine itself. He just didn't like taking pills constantly. He would feel better and lay off the pills. It was the medicine in the system that made him feel better. When he stopped he got really depressed. Unfortunately you will need the medicine. Don't risk your relationships and career and all that because you don't like the pills. No one looks at you differently because of it. It is something you're gonna have to handle for now until someone can think of a better solution. The guy I dated ended up losing his job because of an outburst and then losing his house because of his job. We eventually broke it off because he didn't trust himself around me anymore (His bipolar entailed extreme depression and paranoia coupled with giddiness and extreme behaviour.) Stay with the meds. i am a bipolar to the first thing that you have to do it eat well must of the bipolar thing its started of your eating you have to eat well to have what you really need meaybe you are taking something that call litium that its for control everything but why you don't try to eat much better believe its true drink warte, eat fruits, and stuff like that the ist healthy for you... and i know what is feel when the people don't understand you but i do beacuase i have the same problem... I'm on medication myself....I often wonder this same thing. From what I know, there are ways we can change our lifestyles (exercise, food we eat, our environment, relationships) that MAY someday allow us to quit taking meds. I guess, this isn't much of an answer, just wanted you to know what I've heard. Let's just hope it can be done. ~~Amy |
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