Replies to '08/01 Extreme Highs and Lows'

Hey Bluesun-- 

What's with the vegemite--cause it stinks so bad or something --or is it being used in a way I missed? 

  

I pretty much agree with the lady who is into unexpressed feelings but not with the second paragraph about religion--people all have different experiences with M/D and what she has come to believe is as valid as the way you think--I have been through every medication on the market--none of them worked--the side effects were awful.  I lost more than I gained because of the drugs--I thought I was thinking normally--but my thinking was very squirrilly.  I've been off all drugs for over a year now--it's not easy, but the control I really have now is so much better and the more I think and reflect about the past and the effects it had on me and how it is working now, the more I see my M/D as controllable without drugs--there may be a chemical/biological component, but it is small compared with the other stuff.  As I said, everyone is different.  If I use what I use and you use what you use, who cares as long as we are progressing forward as good people? 

  

Take care, everyone and keep on truckin' !!! 

  

Susan 

     I attend therapy biweekly, which has helped me overcome a lot, but unfortunately my mother is caught between a rock and a hard place for getting help. She was a stay at home mom with me and, through a few of her decisions and through a lot of my father's manipulations, she's never gotten her full college education; she's 48 now and just feels overwhelmed and unsure of where to start. Since my father is the primary source of income for our family (mainly disability, not work income), she doesn't feel she can get therapy without him stalking her the whole way to the therapist's office. So that's out.

Family groups are pretty well out of the question, too, as we live in a small town that, despite nine years of living here, has never really accepted us (mainly, I think, because of some of the legal issues my father started in town soon after we moved here). I'm not sure there even would be a family support group for bipolar around here. It's a tough spot to be in.

I agree with you (mostly) on the not wanting to be cured being a personal issue, rather than a disorder issue. Unfortunately, being bipolar on top of such a personality is even more problematic, I should guess.

Thanks for not being judgmental toward my first post. :) Hahaha, I was expecting scathing replies! ;)

Now that is not to fair or nice. Unless you you are not living it you don't have a clue.....