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Do you struggle to take your meds?

deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm like a little kid throwing a tantrum - I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY MEDS! I've only been doing it for 3 weeks and I'm over it. Some of you have been taking them for years - how do you do it?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Im doing it for 3 weeks and I welcome it. If its gonna make me feel better BRING IT ON. I know many people like that my husband being one of them. He get to a point and stops.
i dont get it
deleted_user
deleted_user
coz yer head kicks yer ass (or tother way round?) no choice...go nutty!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I struggle with it all the time. I still have trouble taking all of them and some days have to really force myself. I have been on meds 5 years and I still struggle with them.
deleted_user
deleted_user
When I started I hated taking my meds, but as the years have progressed it has gotten easier. BUT right now I am struggling with it as you are, and I always remember the people I have hurt in the past and those I do not want to hurt now, and I take them. I mean I really hurt my parents and my friends for so long that I usually find it in me to take my meds.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know that feeling of "I just dont' wanna".

It's been three years for me.... I've been through the cycle a couple of time where I'd reduce my doses or stop completely without consulting my dr. I alway end up feeling what my family likes to call "wiggy" and shames me back on the meds. It's been a solid 2 months now without making any changes but it's still a struggle.
deleted_user
deleted_user
My life was hell! I couldn't think straight, felt sick all the time, lost all of my friends, almost ruined my marriage, my kids didn't want to be around me. With medication I'm as "normal" as I can be. I wouldn't go back for anything!
deleted_user
deleted_user
For me, I hated taking medications and still do. I also still struggle remembering to take them, despite being on medication for most of my 21 years of life.
What I do is that I think of how I am when I am not on it and how I am when I am. I like who I am much better on it, so that is a major incentive for me.
ReginaPhalange
ReginaPhalange
A few times I've felt like that and just stopped, I normally feel fine for a few days and then just got totally nutty
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel ya. Prior to bed, I have to take 14 pills. There are many nights that I sit with my hand full of pills and wonder if it is all worth it. Then, I think all those pills or another visit to the psych hospital. The pills definitely have won so far.
deleted_user
deleted_user
after 15 yrs it becomes just another thing on the to do list :) I don't mind at all. Very thankful for them and the medical establishment.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm thankful that I have them or I wouldn't be able to sleep then I would become suicidal and psychotic. Been on meds since 1991
deleted_user
deleted_user
automatic pilot.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I don't like the side effects of my meds sometimes. I wish I didn't have to take 'em.

But then i remember the breakdowns of the past, both manic and depressive... and the pain I was in before...

...and like a dutiful little girl, I toss 'em back and swallow 'em down.
dobiedots
dobiedots
After "skipping" my lithium and then waking up in ICU, strapped in I might add, it woke me up to the fact that I must take them every single damned day.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I went on & off my meds so many times and it has always ended badly. Honestly if I didn't have my family (kids & husband)I would have stopped again but I look at them everyday and think I just can't put them all thru the insanity of me off my meds.
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