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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
I envy those of you who can manage this illness without meds. I'd like to not have to take pills to be functional, but I tried to get along without them for most of my life and it didn't go well. Now that I'm medicated properly I can work on the rest of the crap in my life, because I have insight now that just wasn't possible when my brain chemistry was all out of whack. But, that's just me.  |
I'm in the same boat w/ u BipolaRNurse. Without my meds I was a manic mess. I was fortunate that it didn't take long for the right combination of meds to be found. I do know many ppl aren't so lucky and are ginny pigs. I do hope to one day use natural resources but until that day.......
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