Quote:
Originally Posted by ariatboot
I was wanting to hear from people who have lived with BP for awhile and how long it really took you to get it under control. I was diagnosed in the fall of 2008 so it's been about 3 years now and I am still all over the place with my moods. I know BP is a lifetime illness but does it get any easier over time?
|
That's when I was diagnosed (and hospitalized for mania), but since learning and reading about BP and looking back over my life I've been BP since my teens. I tried many meds and combinations of meds for 2 years post-diagnosis, then made the mistake of going off meds for a year (thinking I was somehow "cured")! Now I am back on meds with a P-doc and T-doc after several months of intractable depression. It's good that you recognize it's for life because even though I really knew that I hadn't accepted it until recently. I'm not sure it gets any easier. Maybe with therapy and meds and support one becomes more experienced in successfully managing it...