debanarah

Does anyone here self medicate?

Posted on 07/24/09, 09:30 pm

I am wondering how many bipolars self medicate...I used to but havent in awhile.. My depression has been making me have thoughts of it again..

• Reply #1 07/26/09  8:13pm
  
  nevagiveup
  yes with drink drugs and sometimes thoughts of self harm
• Reply #2 07/27/09  3:27pm
  
  debanarah
  me too neva.. the self harm part, I have actually been doing really good at.. Havent done anything since Dec 10th
• Reply #3 07/27/09  8:45pm
  
  TaniaRipley
  I do self medicate because my meds don't do the wrk they are ment to at night my med doc. knows and if fine with it if I am not using it to get high.
• Reply #4 07/27/09  10:19pm
  
  NDforeverme
  Yes I do self medicate with drugs. I would not reccomend it though I know I probably sound like a hippocrate. But I dont reccomend it because getting high just adds more problems to deal with than we already have.So is it really worth it? Hmmm, mabey I should take my own advice?
• Reply #5 07/28/09  8:26am
  
  nevagiveup
  10th dec is my birthday so well done i need better meds going back soon for a review
• Reply #6 08/01/09  12:12pm
  
  kaali
  I've self medicated with weed for 40 yrs.wife asked me to stop ayr and a half ago so I did.since then I've been diagnosed bp2 with major ptsd.after doin the scrip meds and sideaffects I had a hard time controling my anger.my wife asked me If I would go back to the weed so I did and now Im back to my old easy goin self.although my wife being bp1 has been suicidal lately and very angry.flipping to fragile and then pissed off again.I'm finding myself smoking more to deal with her stuff and mine.my dr is not an advocate of marijuana though he did tell me that why stop doing whats worked all these yrs.
• Reply #7 08/01/09  2:13pm
  
  Pulpit
  Yes I started a couple of years ago but now it seems more recent and fewer weeks between. UGH! In a ,matter of fact I stopped my meds again last monday..sigh! I feel so sick. I don't know why I torture myself?
• Reply #8 08/01/09  7:57pm
  
  Kalima123
  I tried to self medicate with alcohol - major mistake. I felt better that night but much worse the next day. My doc told me to stop it so I did. He would advocate pot but I could tell that he wasn't completely against it. The problem with self med is that you end up with an addiction in addition to your illness. Something to think about.
• Reply #9 08/03/09  1:46pm
  
  pilgrim165
  Yes, I do self medicate occasionally. I was an alcoholic at a young age and gave up drinking completely in 93. I do however, smoke weed. I do it when I am quite manic and also when I am quite suicidal. I find it balances me better than legal drugs, but it is something I want to stop, I want to live a more natural life, with normal high's, but I just get so desperate sometimes that I still do it. If you can avoid it , it obviously would be best for you, but as you know, sometimes you just have to do what you can to get by.
  
  Hope this helps at least a little
• Reply #10 08/03/09  4:24pm
  
  scorpio999
  i do with weed too, i agree with most of the posts. especially it working better than prescibed meds. i do it when i am high to chill and get some frigging sleep. i feel it balances me out a bit more too. like the gentlemen with bp2 said why stop if its been helping and its not potently sprayed weed. i ve been doing it for donkeys like him. i find i m a rapid cycler and my meds don t fuckin work. before my meds i d spoke weed in the summer more and deal with my depression in the winter. now im a piggin yo yo. so judge not!

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