I don't know if I would. Brain surgery is risky. I'm sure used to living with this s illness, the ups and downs, waiting for another episode. I don't know what normal is

Not today.

I am not likely to volunteer to be a test subject. I certainly wouldn't pay to be experimented on.

Might if I live long enough to meet my great grandchildren.

absolutely, why would i want to live with an illness like this with constant pain if there was a cure? bring it on please. put an end to this right now.

absolutely yes.

Isn't using meds, relaxation techniques, acupuncture or aromatherapy all part of a "procedure"? Meds have been very, very good to me but I'd resist surgery what with all the incompetent doctors I've known!

I would absolutely..... I hear what Arfie is writing though about the early days of a procedure.... If we're pretending.... Let's say it's been done successfully for the last quarter century.....smile.....xo

i would only do it if there was a lot of success for a set number of years... it would be nice to not take meds... lose a little weight to lol....((hugs)) polar

Nope, already had brain surgery, and came out slightly different. Having memory probs and a little emotions elevated. I'd go for it if there was a 100% chance of success and give me back what I lost.

Absolutely, as long as I didn't have to worry about other brain injury from the surgery. I lost a lot with this illness and even though I'm stable now, I have to take a boat load of meds that make me have tremors and make me fat. I would like to build my life back and not have the limitations I have now and if I were "fixed" maybe I could do that.

Whaaaa? And lose out on all the suffering? Yes I would do the surgery. But since there is none I guess its God doing the surgery. Like the Pastor Chuck Swindoll says God has in his workshop and we all get our heads bashed in by the almighty. But its for a season I guess. The end product will be Holy and Clean and Powerfully Good. Then we can all laugh our way to the psychiatrists staff coffee room and tell them what idiots they are. To play God. I don't know If there were a surgery I would do it.

There is, its called ECT and i've used it and it's gotten me to a Stable point for the better part of 6 years now. That's as close as anyone's getting to my brain. I like my IQ and I don't care to have any points shave off with a scalpel!!

No I'm not a fan of surgery...I've learned to cope with BP and for the most part it's working for me.

Absolutely not.
It'd be nice to go a day (or the rest of my life) with no worries, but that wouldn't cure worries from life in general.

But let me tell you why I say "absolutely not"
I would not be the person I am today without these struggles. I am strong, I am a published artist (11 or 12 times now) who has had a gallery showing, and I've sold paintings. Yes. I am bragging. I got the bragging rights. I am also empathetic towards people, I have a want to help people. I think outside the box. I am blunt, sarcastic, and have a good sense of humor that stems from pain.

And at 29 yearsof age I honestly feel like I'm believing all these good things people say about me, and I want to embrace my illness and turn a bad situation into something good.

Am I miserable at times? Yes, but would I be this person that I'm starting to learn to like? Nope.

I'd just be some selfish basic bitch. I'm learning and I'm growing.

Username88: kudos to you!!! Strong, published artist, gallery showings, good personality mix, good beliefs in yourself and others, and embracing your illness as well. All by the age of 29. What an amazing person you are. Your an inspiration to us all. A few of us still have some baggage to unload first. I got started a little late in the game, wasn't diagnosed til 40, but I'm getting there. Life by pharmaceuticals is not necessarily a bad thing. Keep up the good life. :)

Imlosingit- thank you, thank you.
I'm not all the way there, and I don't think I'll ever be, I don't think we'll ever be "there", but we can be close enough. And embrace and be thankful for the "close enough". I have my swings, but that's ok (it's not, but it is), because that's just the way I am.
And it's a long, long, LONG journey. We're all dragging that baggage along for this journey, too. And I still got my baggage.

But you know what? Empty that fucking bag from time to time! Bitch, rant, rave, do what you have to do! We all have to bitch and whine. We all have to take meds. And you're in the right place to do all that, my friend.

It's a life-long search. But we're all awesome people. All of us. You included. I hope you understand. Or will understand.

Have you heard of DBT therapy? I highly recommend it. Shit, I think everyone, including "normal" people should take it.