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Originally Posted by Supanova
There is a difference in being treatment resistant and not liking side effects of meds. Treatment resistant means your symptoms do not respond to meds or therapy- after trying almost every med and therapy on the market over a period of years.
I am exhausted again now, my depression can be treatment resistant but I do cycle out of it eventually when meds dont help - usually with an inpatient visit in the mix as I get dangerous to myself. Zyprexa is a great rescue med for me. I do not like being on it daily but taking it PRN in distress does help give my brain a rest from the chaos. I am glad it works for you.
I have wondered about the forums before, I find many people on here struggle as they expect meds alone to fix them for problems that are not necessarily bipolar related.
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I am on some other peer support sites, too, and I notice people's signatures when they list their meds, and I notice when people make threads/posts about being on medication, yet describing awful symptoms (not talking side effects, but MI symptoms, I agree side effect problems =/= treatment resistance).
I just find it really interesting and also frustrating on behalf of the people who are doing everything 'right' in terms of compliance, yet not getting relief. I mean talk about a feeling of life being so unfair and unreliable.
It also makes me wonder about my own diagnosis. I think honestly that schizoaffective bipolar type might be more appropriate for me, but I'm not 100% sure, since it's hard to gauge myself from the inside-out sometimes.
Like I can't tell if I'm bipolar and Zyprexa is working on my BP symptoms, or if I have a psychotic disorder, and Zyprexa is stopping the psychosis and thus, as a result my mood has improved and relaxed.