Bipolar Disorder - Teen Support Group
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So I've always been judgmental about people who smoke weed, drink and do drugs but never had a good reason for it. I've also been very religious about taking my meds everyday.
One of my best friends was dying for me to do it with him, so (with reluctance) I did. And it was nothing special. Then I tried dxm and my body reacted to it. I was shaking and dizzy and felt sick. My friend thought I was going to die and it was all very scary. It was because my BP medications weren't compatible with it. He said that if I was going to continue this stuff, I had to stop taking my meds.
Now my other friends are pulling away from me in disapproval. My mom is noticing me skipping doses. I feel like a mess.
But now I can go to more parties, connect with more people and the more I do, the less I judge. I'm also dealing with BP in a different way.
It might seem like an easy decision, but it's not...
A. Stop the BP meds and continuing smoking, drinking and experimenting or
B. Take the BP meds and stop all other chemical consumptions?
Has anyone else been here and can tell me their experiences?
I'm so lost.
One of my best friends was dying for me to do it with him, so (with reluctance) I did. And it was nothing special. Then I tried dxm and my body reacted to it. I was shaking and dizzy and felt sick. My friend thought I was going to die and it was all very scary. It was because my BP medications weren't compatible with it. He said that if I was going to continue this stuff, I had to stop taking my meds.
Now my other friends are pulling away from me in disapproval. My mom is noticing me skipping doses. I feel like a mess.
But now I can go to more parties, connect with more people and the more I do, the less I judge. I'm also dealing with BP in a different way.
It might seem like an easy decision, but it's not...
A. Stop the BP meds and continuing smoking, drinking and experimenting or
B. Take the BP meds and stop all other chemical consumptions?
Has anyone else been here and can tell me their experiences?
I'm so lost.
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Your medicine is so important, if it wasn't, the doctor wouldn't subject you to it. Are parties and approval really as important as your mental state of mind? If you have to do drugs and drink with these people in order to connect with them, they're not real friends. Trust me. A friend will accept you the way YOU are- with medication. Don't change you and your behavior for others. It won't work in the end, even if it's working now. I wish you the best :)
deleted_user
bad. I've already been through this. I did drugs for the better part of the past 3 years. The last half of high school and my first year at college. I screwed up EVERYTHING. I ended up on coke near the end of it, I'm still blowing blood unfortunately. You may think that won't happen to you, but I'm telling you, with mental disorders (especially if you aren't even taking your meds!) you just lose control more easily. I dropped all my classes and was high every day. I pushed my whole family away and almost got kicked out of my house for smoking in my walk-in closet with my "friends". What you should do is think about what your good at/what you love. I guarantee you will be able to find something. If you can't, talk to the school college counselor, or to your therapist and talk about your interests. Then make small goals and work on meeting them. Every time you do, your self esteem goes up. I thought I was worthless and I was depressed and didn't give a crap so I just partied and partied, but now that I'm on the other side I realized I would have been wasting my life away. Most of those kids I partied with will end up in rehab possibly even jail. I can tell you for certain, they have no future. I have no problem with people living the way they want to live. But different strokes for different folks, I have bipolar/adhd/gad, and I'm telling you they don't mix with drugs. Plus, you can do better. The world is an amazing place. It's worth seeing and exploring. I might sound crazy to you. Like, you may think it's nothing now, but I'm telling you, things spiral out of control. They have for me more than once.
deleted_user
I can tell you know what the right thing is in this situation, plus it sounds like you have sober friends who truly love you. Partying friends usually don't care, they just want to get high. These are my real life experiences. I've been there believe me
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