Well I was on 6 meds, I was on 3 antipsychotics, two mood stabilizers an antidepressant and benos. I was a walking barely, not talking zombie. It was horrible.

Over the last year I have not had any major episodes. I have had a few small blips here and there, nothing to write about. Now before I made all these changes I was having a MAJOR episode at least every two months. I am dx with Bipolar 1 with psychosis NOS. Everyone told me I couldn't do it. I tried many many times in the past and failed, but it was a throw them out the window thing, and think later.

I learned a lot from people here. I started using mindfulness, like every day, meditation, yoga.. I do you for 90 min almost everyday ( not that you need to that much ) but I feel in love with it, it's my real passion. I sought out and connected with my spirituality ( kinda my own blend with a touch of science) but it helps me a lot. My diet, I ellimated gluten due to celiacs ( you'd be amazed how much it can effect your mind ), and dairy.. more protein. Vitamins. Hmm ..

Perspective, that is a huge huge thing. And we have the ability to change it constantly, but it does greatly effect our lives. I guess I just kept trying things till I found what worked for me. And then I stuck with them till they became daily habits. I can't tell you how much happier and healthier I am. I do understand there could be a point where I need a med short term. But I am confident that I likely may not either.

I can always send you links to stuff I found useful if you like. You gotta build up a big tool box of stuff you can rely on when the going gets tough. However, I dunno for me, it hasn't gotten tough, its actually usually getting better and better. I hope that other can finds this too.

If you saw my first post when I was a new member here, on my old account, and now, it's a pretty big change. A lot of the stuff I learned I learned here, from other members.

Sorry my grammar and spelling are not so great. No passion for that.