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Therapy changed my life greatly for the better. Meds don't cure bipolar, they only make it more manageable if you're lucky enough to find the correct combo for you. Changing your behavior takes more than going to a psych, then just swallowing some pills. Your old way of doing things didn't disappear...its only less problematic.
Nothing changes, if nothing changes. Now is the perfect time to switch out the negative tapes driving your thinking, and find a different way to cope. The old loudmouth thoughts that influenced your behavior for years are a little quieter now, and are easier to manipulate thanks to the meds. At this point my therapist was worth her weight in gold bars.
She taught me how to get shed of my crippling regret and guilt that was the anchor I dragged behind me for decades on life's road. I hadn't been able to do this by myself...it took the combined forces of a willingness to change, medications that calmed down the noise and a good therapist that taught me some great coping mechanisms. I was finally free!
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