Bipolar really getting on my nerves?!
Question: Bipolar really getting on my nerves!?
First of all, I don't want to take pills (anti-depressants control tools of our system, making life more tolerable, making life more tolerable) ANYWAY, it's getting on my nerves because when I'm all sad and depressed, I want to kill myself because there's no hope, but than I'm like "Oh, what was I thinking, there's always hope, life's beautiful, lalalala, etc!." I feel like a type of whore of emotions!.!.!.anyway, is there any solution to this!?
(btw, did anyone get the anti-depressant reference at top!?)Www@Answer-Health@Com
(btw, did anyone get the anti-depressant reference at top!?)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I have recognizable (light) hallucinations when I am manic, and I don't take anti-depressants!. I don't like them either!. I think of being bipolar as a challenge to be reasonable when I'm feeling uncontrollably unreasonable!. It helps me problem solve and look at things objectively!. If I'm constantly changing my mind about the way I feel, it challenges me to remind myself logically of who I am and how I normally feel!. When I challenge myself in this way, it causes me to question the basis of the way I feel, which causes me in turn to question my irrationality (when I am being irrational!.!.!.)!.
I live a perfectly enjoyable life without medication!. I felt incredibly confused and divided for years, but just recently I got it right!. The mania and the depressive cycles don't stop, but I'm able to take the way I FEEL and treat it as something that I can sense and not let it direct my actions!.
I let myself feel sad, cry, contemplate whatever I need to, obsess over whatever I need to!. I let whatever is TROUBLING me work through my mental processes!.!.!. and then I get back to my life projects!. It doesn't matter if I'm up or down!. Either I have a reason or a don't, and i'm able to recognize when I don't have sufficient reasons to explain my extreme emotion, and I'm able to feel and work through that emotion without it deciding things for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I live a perfectly enjoyable life without medication!. I felt incredibly confused and divided for years, but just recently I got it right!. The mania and the depressive cycles don't stop, but I'm able to take the way I FEEL and treat it as something that I can sense and not let it direct my actions!.
I let myself feel sad, cry, contemplate whatever I need to, obsess over whatever I need to!. I let whatever is TROUBLING me work through my mental processes!.!.!. and then I get back to my life projects!. It doesn't matter if I'm up or down!. Either I have a reason or a don't, and i'm able to recognize when I don't have sufficient reasons to explain my extreme emotion, and I'm able to feel and work through that emotion without it deciding things for me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
First of all, I am sorry for your illness!. Second, bi-polar disorder is caused by a chemical imbalance!. The only way that you can really fix that is with "chemicals" aka medication to regain the balance!. People have to take many different kinds of medicines for many reasons, I have to take Prilosec to prevent heartburn!.!.!. so what!? Take your pills and it is pretty much a guarantee that you will feel alot more stable about everything soon!.
p!.s!. Life can be really beautiful!.!. but there are always bumps in the road for everyone!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
p!.s!. Life can be really beautiful!.!. but there are always bumps in the road for everyone!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had the same feelings a few years ago, things were real bad for me!. It tool me a long time to even go to a Dr!. I dealt with that junk for all of my college years until I got help my last year!. I was a borderline alcoholic I tried to take my life!. When I started mood stabilizer it was like I was back to my old self feeling so much better!. I think I would have offed myself without them!. I used them for about two years and now I have been off for two!. They help me get trough a rough time!. I am thinking about getting back on them because I am going some issues right now!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
this is how i am!. its horrible at times!. i know!. just keep going untill you hit a high point!. and when you are on a low just keep living!. trust me its worth it!. ive wanted to kill myself everytime im on a low!. but i just keep living!. its all i can do!.
good luck with this problem :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
good luck with this problem :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
No idea about the reference!. Listen, the first person who answered is right!. You have to get over your indignence about medication!. People who have diabetes take insulin, people with heart disease take aspirin, what's the difference!?
Stigma!. That's the difference!. So don't tell people you're on meds if you want, but don't put yourself through the extremes of wanting to kill yourself vs singing about sunshine, lollipops and rainbows as you skip down the street!.!.!.
I struggled with feeling like a failure for taking anti depressants for years, so I stopped, and started!.!.!.Until I finally realized that I HAD to take my meds in order to survive!. It is a chemical/hormonal/neurological problem and will not get better without treatment! So get over your dislike of pills, nobody LIKES to take anti-depressants, but these are your choices: keep feeling what you are feeling or get better with meds!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Stigma!. That's the difference!. So don't tell people you're on meds if you want, but don't put yourself through the extremes of wanting to kill yourself vs singing about sunshine, lollipops and rainbows as you skip down the street!.!.!.
I struggled with feeling like a failure for taking anti depressants for years, so I stopped, and started!.!.!.Until I finally realized that I HAD to take my meds in order to survive!. It is a chemical/hormonal/neurological problem and will not get better without treatment! So get over your dislike of pills, nobody LIKES to take anti-depressants, but these are your choices: keep feeling what you are feeling or get better with meds!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Okay, so you sound alot like myself!. I am so fortunate to have a great counselor!. I had shouted to the roof i didnt want drugs!. I dont like to feel out of it!. what good is it to take them if i cant be myself or feel!? Anyone can do that!. She, had talked me into a certain drug she said is usally for seizure patients and that it wouldnt make me feel like that and assured me it would be temporary!. I did it, trusting her!. She, in the time i saw her, taught me to recognize set offs, feel moods coming, learn how to control myself better!. I cant say i'm perfect now but really, who is!? I feel like a complete idiot when i have my "spells"!. I'm lucky to have a supportive family!. i often feel guilty cause they "deal" with me!. Since my counselor and talking and such things are alot better and i'm unmedicated now!. Not everyone will agree with my approach i'm sure but it worked for me and its only a suggestion!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Taking anti-depressants is like being strapped to a chair and shown pictures of happy little bunnies playing in a land of candy where it rains gumdrops!. It is a fake experience and anyone who has taken anti-depressants can say that it does not feel real!. How can someone truelly be happy when they know that what they are feeling is manufactured!? The issues that truelly make us sad have not been addressed and so how can we presume to get better with a pill!? I think the reference to anti-depressants suggests that the drugs control us when we are the ones that should be controlling our feelings and destructive emotions!.
With that said, bipolar is a hard thing to deal with!. There is no clear cut solution, but with the right medication prescribed by a professional that knows you well, bipolar can be dealt with easier!. It is also helpful to get to know other people with bipolar!. There are groups on the internet and probably some in your area that can help you see things from other perspectives!. I used to take anti-depressants and now that I don't I feel like it has made me stronger to deal with the problems that arise!. Time really does heal when you are working through your own problems!.
I was once told by a friend with bipolar that we feel strong emotions towards things when our minds are telling us to do something about a situation!. If you can connect the way you feel to the situation that is making you feel that way then you are one step towards dealing with your situation better!. Also, if you can feel yourself getting manic or depressive, then take the proper precautions and take responsibility for how you react!. It is the only option when refusing medication!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
With that said, bipolar is a hard thing to deal with!. There is no clear cut solution, but with the right medication prescribed by a professional that knows you well, bipolar can be dealt with easier!. It is also helpful to get to know other people with bipolar!. There are groups on the internet and probably some in your area that can help you see things from other perspectives!. I used to take anti-depressants and now that I don't I feel like it has made me stronger to deal with the problems that arise!. Time really does heal when you are working through your own problems!.
I was once told by a friend with bipolar that we feel strong emotions towards things when our minds are telling us to do something about a situation!. If you can connect the way you feel to the situation that is making you feel that way then you are one step towards dealing with your situation better!. Also, if you can feel yourself getting manic or depressive, then take the proper precautions and take responsibility for how you react!. It is the only option when refusing medication!.Www@Answer-Health@Com