Coping through therpy and not meds?!
Question:
Coping through therpy and not meds?
has anyone found that a diagnosis of mental illness such as, especially as, bipolar has put them in a box? has meds stopped you from progresing mentally, EMOTIONALLY?
has anyone gotten better without the use of meds?
Answers:
I am bi-polar and have gotten temporally better but then comes the fall. The depression lasts for months at a time, anywhere from 2 to 8 months. The highs on the other hand are great, or so it feels at the time.
No, I could not function with a full time job and being a single parent without the medications.
Emotionally I am doing very well, I've accepted my illness and try to continue on as best as I can. Yes, there is a stigma attached with mental illness but everyday I show up at work I prove the nay sayers wrong.