david0779

emotions

Posted on 04/21/08, 08:04 am

does anyone notice the emotional blunting that meds give u toward life and family or is it just me this is one of the reasons i dont wamt to go back on meds any advice

• Reply #1 04/21/08  8:56am
  
  brigida
  Yes, but I would rather be stable. I am willing to put up with the emotional blunting because the alternative was killing me and hurting my family as well.
• Reply #2 04/21/08  10:01am
  
  jp0724
  I know what you mean, but I also have to remind myself that if it weren't for the drugs.... I would dead right now. No question about it. I'd rather be stable with emotional blunting than dead.
• Reply #3 04/21/08  3:41pm
  
  Pulpit
  My advice would be to stay on your meds! I went off mine a few yrs ago and lasted 15 mths and CRASHED big time!! It has taken me over a yr to get on my feet again...please don't do that! This disease we have is emotionally draining us daily, the meds help to keep us balanced. At the time we don't think so but I have noticed a big difference this last few mnths. Meds also come with a variety of side effects...UGH! Once we get past them it is smoother sailing. If your not feeling stablized yet call you pd and let him know, maybe need a med tweex?? All the best my friend. Today I have been to the moon and back to the basement of despair and hopelessness at least a handful of times, aaahhhhh!!! I know how you feel! Take care and God bless xoxo
• Reply #4 04/21/08  3:57pm
  
  Halterbroke
  I hope that someday, I will get to feel emotionally blunted. I currently live... On Fire. There's just no freaking off button. Maybe you need different meds? (Maybe *I* need different meds?) God bless, hon.
• Reply #5 05/06/08  3:17pm
  
  Louisiana1976
  Sometimes I feel foggy and fuzzy but I'd rather deal with that than give up my meds.
• Reply #6 04/06/09  2:02am
  
  Souxie86
  I feel foggy and out of it most days maybe i need different meds
• Reply #7 04/06/09  4:18am
  
  JoeOldfield
  without meds, even when i have reason to be emotional, it's not right it's way too extreme like someone put me under a microscope i halucinate both seeing and hearing things, i'm paranoid and often even aggressive..
  
  On meds i am a lot more stable, i sleep better, i'm better to live with, but i don't feel anything to the point people even think i just don't care!
  
  although 99.9% of my situation is improved while on meds, it's mostly on meds i am likely to self harm.. mostly just to feel something, anything, even pain makes me more human than nothing.
  
  it's the fight between apparently having no control..
  and apparently having nothing that would need to be controlled..
  
  i hope i made sense
  
• Reply #8 04/25/09  6:10pm
  
  ciaociao
  I have found that as well. My p doc lowered my doses. It resulted in my high-lows to be a bit more intense, but they remained managable. It worked as an alturnative to completely going off my meds. Not for everyone, but the best solution I found so far.
• Reply #9 09/29/09  1:50pm
  
  Tadeo
  
  
  The dream of every BP is to find the drug that 'only cut the depression'.
  
  But between my emotions and meds, I choose my life.
  
  Have you ever wonder if what you call "your emotions" are really yours?
  How much of them are no more than a chemical cocktail running through your brain? Without any control from your part.
  
  Are you willing to sacrifice your family, your relationships just to stick with "your emotions"?
  
  
  In other hand if life turns to gray, you fell numb or start drooling, go an talk to your doc. Change the dose, try different drugs, take care of yourself, so you can take car of others.
  
  

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