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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Meds optional BP

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I don't get it. From age 17...if I'm meds-free or even meds-lowered I end up a manic psychotic mess. And hopsitalised involuntarily...what is this bp that can be 'managed holistically' with maybe some yogic breathing & wheatgrass juice? Anyone who can do this stopped to question their diagnosis. It sounds a different beast altogether.
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I've never heard of that before.... Hmm...

Maybe they just THINK they're being treated holistically or whatever... maybe there's someone crushing up their pills and slipping them mickies in their drinks?

And as far as I've experienced, no kind of grass helps bp:)
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Like, see the Devil & Daniel Johnston & witness the rapid deterioration sans meds....is this illness that variable?
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my minister is bp and she is med free. I have been told that it can be done you just have to manage your life.
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If I didn't need meds I wouldn't believe I'm bp, y'know?
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really, artemis? That's odd.
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think I'm probably just jealous...who wouldn't want to be med-free?
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Lou I have never heard of this either...I am med free but with alot of work by both myself and my pdoc...We have a very close working relationship...I accepted my dx a long time ago.
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yeah she's been med free for years (I've known her for 15 years and she has never been on meds) She just has really good people in her life that let her know when she is over-doing it and could end up manic.
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Does that mean anyone can potentially go med-free?
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don't know it could be a really individual thing...
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Lou it works out at one in thousand that can be med free...Shitty odds if your one of the thousand that cant great odds if your the one that can...
I dont think that I am any better off than those of you that are medicated and it certainly doesnt make things easier...
I have to be hyper vigilant and those around me are great at letting me know when I need to stop...
One thing I can assure you is that I am BPI rapid cycling...
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There may be anomales.
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Do you get really manic? How on earth do you bring yourself down? Willpower? Last time I got manic I spent 7 months in hospital, no shit, they couldn't bring me down....this all happenned cos pdoc lowered my mood stabilser.
nickpc20001
nickpc20001
I am trying Fish-Oil

I have heard nothing but good things about it...
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Is this another dig?
Sorry shall I go & overdose on Lithium then you will all accept me?
OK I am not BP, I am a journalist & just tugging ya chain to see how mad you lot really are.
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