hmmm.... Danger Will Robinson, Danger!!!!


just be careful!

I do not know one Bipolar - that has not want to go off meds. I take all my meds right, and taste stability. Out of know where, pouring a cup of coffee - my brain goes to "you don't need your meds...." LOL

Having these thoughts pop up yearly, for no reason - helps me KNOW it part of my illness.

Your meds must have helped - yesterday your thread was stressed, but you shared huge amounts of accomplishments. Yes, its a bad idea -lying to your pdoc, manipulating, taking them wrong. I mean if your not taking enough, its not going to work - might as well me aspirin.

So if your tapering your meds, and yesterday you shared your a mess LOL, could it be - because your messing with them?

100% everyone of us have thought this often. Meds work, when you don't think about them. Imagining a pill is going to fill out a job application? Not going to happen, meds give us a chance to Work on destructive thoughts and behaviors!

I wish you luck, you are absolutely - human, and this is a natural and predictable thing! Have you thought of asking your doctor to stop and start over? ((((BIG HUG))))

If none worked have you considered you might have been misdiagnosed in the first place?

If you are bipolar bear in mind the meds don't work 100% in my personal experience - I'd hate to think what it would be like off them now though.

weird - i had put the note "while wildly flailing my arms about" in brackets in my comment & it dissappeared!

guess it must be some sort of html command or something. uh. :(

Go for it :-) Have a plan, have a doctor to help out with it and know how your going to stabilize without the meds. (Diet, exercise, religion, meditation, acupuncture etc). *Hugs Good Luck*

My experience.... what deertic shared... why? Because EVERY TIME, without fail, I CRASH! Never right away, but eventually...
Then I 'come to', take a look back, realize the destruction, and say to myself," WTF was I thinking !?"
Point being, I slipped back into denial when I was feeling somewhat stable (as a result of taking my meds as prescribed).
That's just MY experience ...
It's akin to stopping antibiotics too soon... feeling better, many of the bugs are destoyed, but the ones that aren't fester, multiply, and grow resistant to the medication that , if was taken for the entire course, would have cured the problem.
I don't think I'll be cured of bipolar in this lifetime, but the evidence states that this bipolar CAN be managed, and its most destructive symptoms calmed, to lead a somewhat manageable life.
... just MY belief.

I'm just worried I was misdiagnosed.

I wish that was my problem! LOL

Easy, go have a fresh pair of eyes - a second opinion, it will either confirm or give you another - direction : )

just be careful :)

Allie, if you are worried you were misdiagnosed, please get a second opinion before fiddling with the meds.

Even if you are not bipolar you need to withdraw slowly.

But get that second opinion.

Life without meds for me means crying and rage. Not fun.
I often wish I didn't need meds, they are getting harder to get.
I'd say get a second opinion on your dx, but it's hard to tell
what you are like unmedicated since you've been on meds
for so long. I hope it all works out for you. Big Hugs

I was diagnosed about six years ago or so and was on meds for almost the whole time. About 4 or 5 months ago I stopped my meds rather dramatically, not a good idea. But things worked out. I am one of the very very very few that can say that. And the fact is that it only was working out until I met my new substance abusing girlfriend. She is driving me crazy again. I see meds again in my future if I am not very careful. Be very careful how you approach drug free living if you are Bipolar.

I agree please be very careful, if you've been on meds that long and now your going completely off, you could trigger some major episodes. I hope your talking with your Pdoc about this, I really, really hope your talking with your Pdoc about this.

Kat