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Originally Posted by LauraBeth
I feel very frustrated, and even angry, when I read threads like this one. I have a hard time with people who like to play the victim card. In my opinion, constantly stopping one's meds while knowing disaster will result is a self-sabotaging act that keeps you in the 'helpless victim' role. To me, it feels like negative-attention-getting behavior. Then to tell other members that we don't really know you, Cashart...well, if we don't really know you what are you here for? If you're being truthful with us, why would we not really know you?
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I don't think Cash is playing the victim. I get where she's coming from, it's just hard to explain.
When I stop my meds it's because I know the side effects will take about ten years off of my life. That's the statistics for people with bipolar and a big reason is the medication they feed us...but, the other reasons are suicide and homicide. So basically we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.
We may be unstable and difficult to understand at times, but I think any of us who woke up today are badass survivors.
That's just my opinion.