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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Being med free isn't just about tossing your meds out , you need to have a huge toolbox of coping skills and know how and when you need to use them , and self awareness to realize an episode is heading your way and taking steps to handle problems as they come, A good support system is needed.
It's also really about lifestyle changes that need to made that is also helpful.
Meditation, yoga, exercise , diet, sleep hygiene, healthy diet and the list goes on and on.. and sometimes you just need to white knuckle the episodes and hang on for dear life, and ride the wave out.
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This is my problem. I want to be better but working on coping skills is not something I want to do. I do work out, yoga, have people in my life, but when I start to withdraw into myself I do not want to do the things that I know will make me feel better. I know the coping skills- I just don't use them.
I am medicated but I have been looking at my meds as a cure-all, and when they aren't I feel let down and hopeless. I need to come to terms with the fact that there is no medication on earth that will "cure" me.
That said, I do have a better quality of life with the right combo of meds.