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Hey confusedinomicon,
I do question my life before diagnosis and what my life has become. Were all my happy times mania and were all my sad times depression? Was I ever just ok? I do not think I would consider coming off meds. I think I would play safe and stay on meds as much as I could. Actually last night a friend's sister in law is on anti-depressants and she is now 15 weeks pregnant and we were talking about her. She said she has been told by her GP that she can stay on her meds they would not affect ehr child. She has chosen to come off altogether. I worry about if I ever decide to have kids. I personally don't want kids but you never know what the future holds. I think I would need to be medicated or something. Don't think I could fly solo until the birth.
Hey justaSeeker,
I know all about meds, therapy etc I worked in MH. I just can't use the tools I learnt while working to help me. I am struggling to understand the repercussion of having bipolar and doing the stupid things when manic/depressed. I scare myself a lot when I do these things but never seem to learn from my eperiences which I just don't get. Why is it so hard to get my thick head around all of this? I attend a Depression group every 2 weeks as there are no bipolar groups in my region. They are good for me when I am depressed but when I am manic they really can't help me, although they are getting better at noticing my little manicy quirks!
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