ive heard a lot that bipolar people need to stay on meds, even when feeling healthy.
i was diagnosed as bipolar and I've been off my meds for 2 years, no incidents, I find that I'm now able to control emotional impulses to break down or lash out
q -'is bipolar sometimes manageable without meds? am I just deluding myself into thinking I am well? or is it likely that I was misdiagnosed and have something like BPD which would see more results from me working on my confidence/self image/beliefs/thoughts/not disassociating (which is the stuff I've been working on)?
well nobody can really answer that for you - but it's true that manic episodes might not get as bad in one person as they do in the next - like, your highs and lows could be less severe
also there's been some research (if you're bipo I) into how psychosis can have a snowball effect, so untreated psychotic episodes could lead to longer/more severe psychotic episodes.
some people also only ever have one or two manic episodes, for whatever reason. we really still don't know that much about how mis work, since the brain is v v v complex.
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tw mi
(Anonymous) 2012-04-30 01:15 am (UTC)(link)i was diagnosed as bipolar and I've been off my meds for 2 years, no incidents, I find that I'm now able to control emotional impulses to break down or lash out
q -'is bipolar sometimes manageable without meds? am I just deluding myself into thinking I am well? or is it likely that I was misdiagnosed and have something like BPD which would see more results from me working on my confidence/self image/beliefs/thoughts/not disassociating (which is the stuff I've been working on)?
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(Anonymous) 2012-04-30 01:18 am (UTC)(link)Re: tw mi
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some people also only ever have one or two manic episodes, for whatever reason. we really still don't know that much about how mis work, since the brain is v v v complex.