Hi Venuss...That's great that you are doing so well! Do you take meds? I am sure you know that a LOT of people with bipolar "get well," and then get off their meds. For those who are not rapid cycling, the odds are huge that they will crash or get totally manic again, maybe even in a few years of stopping meds. I'm rapid cycling, and tried twice, with doctor's assistance, to get off meds. I was feeling fine then. One of those times, I even cut my pills into EIGHTHS and cut back 1/8 every few weeks. But it wasn't long before my clinical depression came back full force. So please use judgment, and be very careful, with a doctor's assistance if you decide to try getting off meds. Suddenly stopping them can lead to seizures, and I don't know what else.
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Originally Posted by venusss
I sometimes wonder. I have been... you could even call it "stable" for about two years... All my other problems are clearly related to other things, like trauma issues....
So I don't know. Maybe I am more or less cured (my depressive or manic episodes are like... two days at most, which does not pose any problems to my functioning and quality of life) or maybe it was something else altogether.
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