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Originally Posted by RR18
This summer my meds were working so well that I forgot how bipolar I was. I started thinking the doctor misdiagnosed me. I thought maybe it was just a hormone imbalance. I started coming off my meds and voila... I'm very bipolar. It was a good reminder, but it destabilized something that was working well. Now I'm on more meds than before and I have to rebuild trust with my doctor.
That's my story. I had to learn the hard way.
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Just now coming off one of those! I should've known I was ramping up last weekend when I was spending money like there was no tomorrow and thinking that I might not really be bipolar after all. I didn't try coming off the meds, but I probably would have if the episode had gone on much longer.
I would HATE to destabilize when it's taken me so long to get here. Dunno what brought on the hypomania, but at least this time I caught it before it got out of control, forced myself to go to bed earlier and take my meds per my normal schedule (instead of at 3 AM). Now I'm floating back down and landing softly in Middle-of-the-Road Land.
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