I don't like anything about taking meds, except for the fact that they keep me together. I HAVE to be medicated to have any quality of life; I seriously doubt I'd even be here if I weren't.

There are times, of course, when all I want is to stop meds and let myself experience hypomania again. I crave it---that energy, that motivation to go and be and do---but there's no guarantee that it would stop there. It would be just my luck to keep going, right into the danger zone, and God only knows what would happen if mania were to grab hold of me after such a long time of being stuffed down with meds. No thanks!