Thread: Is Bipolar lifelong? Someone i know stopped taking lithium in her late 40s.
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Old Apr 28, 2016, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Bipolar8921 View Post
I was diagnosed with Bipolar when i was 18 and with OCD at 17.
I just had a relapse of OCD and have been sick since then . I take lithium 200mg daily.
I have been hospitalised 6 times in 4 years all because of manic episodes.
I just want to know if i would suffer with this till i die.I even heard people with Bipolar die at young ages. Is that true?
You don't have to suffer till you die. You can accept it, learn to use it and defuse it. You probably have to lower or change, manage, expectations. I'd imagine there are lots of expectations from your family, living in Karachi (maybe not). You should learn to be self-sufficient when it comes to feeling appreciated.

Learn to enjoy living with living as the purpose of living. It is.
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