I talked to my dad a couple of days ago and was explaining my recent hypomania episode. He was telling me "see it's that medication you're taking, you gotta be careful". While there may be some truth to that (my antidepressant might have been too high which explains why I was thrown into hypomania, it has been decreased since), I still need to take them and I'll continue to take them despite the ups and downs, they are few and far between I'll take that "risk". It's hard explaining it to people that don't get it.


My mom was depressed last year and she was extremely hesitant to take the antidepressant she was prescribed. She was clearly really depressed. Her reasoning for not wanting to? She didn't want to end up like me...taking multiple medications and having these issues. I had to explain to her, it's not the same thing and she won't "turn bipolar".