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Old Feb 24, 2012, 12:33 PM
Anonymous32507
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Originally Posted by spydermonkey View Post


This is true for me as well, I believe. I've gone thru hell and back for 15 years trying all kinds of therapy, group, individual, mindfulness, self help, DBT, CBT, eastern philosophy, IOP, substance abuse treatment, ad nauseum. But if the core underlying PROBLEM that leads to all the behaviors isn't properly dealt with, how can I form a lasting, healthy, working solution?

Just diagnosed and started medication recently
This is just an observation, and I am glad that meds are helping you, so please don't take it any other way.

But do you think that if you tried all the above things that you tried knowing that you had Bipolar that you might have had a different outcome? If you didn't have an awareness of what the core problem was, I can see why these things would not have helped as much.