Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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so... i take meds and have massive depressive episodes and lose everything I work for, or i don't take meds and i go completely nutz drink like a fish and ruin my life that way.... which is worse?
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I suppose most doctors frown on self-medicating...I do what works...not to say you shouldn't dismiss what your doctor says....I just think medication is medication no matter how you get it.
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Are you on the right meds? I also drink like a fish when I'm not on meds and for me it's worse because I'm not only a drunk but a BP drunk and you know what that means!
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last time I was taking meds I had a serious depressive state and had to be hospitalized... I lost my job, my apartment, my life, and had to move back to this shithole of a town i am in.

Meds Shmeds.... I just want to be able to support myself and be somewhat stable.... so again.. take the meds and doom myself to depression, or not take them and self medicate....
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No.Work on the meds.
They need time for you to adjust as they adjust as you adjust etc.

You want to be brave too.Depressions suck but mate...you don't want to make the crushing blow so hard in the future.
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Seems like if you were on the RIGHT meds, you wouldn't fall into a depressive state or manic state. I mean, of course we're not going to go forever without experiencing the two, but for me, I've been on the right meds finally for about three months now, and since then, I have been neither depressed or manic. I mean, it's still a battle, but it's much easier to deal with now. I don't lay on the couch for days feeling as if I can't get up, nor do I go to Wal-Mart at four in the morning, come home, clean, then go out again. I'm leveled out, in other words.

I drink like a fish too sometimes, ON meds! I know, smart, huh? Oh well, it doesn't seem to bother me really. I just dance and sing the night away, pass out, and wake up feeling much the same as I usually do the next morning...no hangover the majority of the time.
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