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Originally Posted by Creative1onder
Well, i was forced away from help and support when i needed it. I was assessed and referred for therapy at mental health service but didn't get it. Was just suggested medication and self help stuff. I was forced out of A&E when i was really ill and suicidal. I know i have bipolar and it is an illness yet even if for me it is really challenging to live with, i still have strong resistance to the idea of taking medication -just taking medication wouldn't help me in addressing the underlying issues and to make changes i want and need in my life and i don't want to poison by body with a load of drugs for long time. I have had CBT and attended courses in the past on NHS but that didnt help me rly cos it wasn't orientated towards helping me manage things with my illness. It was just for personal stress related issues basically. I have battled with my condition for 10 years without meds and no professional help and support, which hasn't been easy. I'm still here somehow. But don't know for how much longer.
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Who forced you away from treatment? I dont know what A&E is
Ok, so you don't want meds, yeah tons of people are med free and doing just fine.
Whats keeping
you from helping yourself???? to become more stable and healthy?? I know so many people that do not have ways to receive "professional help" Yet they are doing well.
So they join forums like this and learn what has helped others and apply the ideas to there own life. Is it simple ? well , no ... Life is not simple, But If you don't take control of yourself and actively work to help yourself become better., then your left in the same spot having same problems and feeling the same way day in and day out.
Maybe since you have been able to just vent it all out here on this thread and hey that's a great thing to do. You can "see that there is hope" and it just takes steady forward actions on your part to make a life you want whether you have professional help or not.
Last I checked there is a list of about 75 (at least) coping skills to use while managing your own personal unique Bipolar.