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Originally Posted by pawn78
I was in denial for 13 years!!! Refused meds, refused to see a Pdoc, refused therapy.
Finally, I had a manic episode so severe that it fit the textbook definition of mania, the most extreme form of mania there is. I had 3 pdocs diagnose me with bipolar type 1 after that. Kind of difficult to deny my mania, since I stopped sleeping, thought I was god, had to be put in a straight jacket and hospitalized!!!
I still refused meds for several years after that.
Finally I was in an unbearable mixed episode, and decided to hire a Pdoc and get medicated. Best decision ever was to accept my diagnosis and get help.
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I was in denial about 18 yrs...
It started when I gave birth to my son 18 yrs ago. I've been on sleep meds since then. I had 3 gps think I had bp. But I wouldn't admit it. I just convinced myself I had depression and in the summer when I would get manic, I just told myself I needed the relief from the depression, lol.
Then I went into a psychosis and ended up in the hospital. Took 4 different tests and they all came up bp 1 and severe ptsd. I couldn't deny it anymore...