Hey everyone - Suzy, Bizi, beadlady!
I stopped my medications 3 months ago. ;[ My family thinks what I went through is just a phase and it'll pass away. The important thing for them is to "see" I'm fine, so I let them see I'm fine.
My psychiatrist told me not to stop meds, and I read it too from an article from Glamour magazine, not to stop meds ever, especially if you're just newly diagnosed. What can I do? I'm just a student, and I have no part-time work. I can't afford the expenses of medications and consulations on my own ;[
However, I'll be saving from my allowance now. I'm planning on getting back to meds and consulations this June. I'll just not shop anymore, lol...
And while I was in the hospital, I was prescribed to take Remeron and Risperdal. Those are the only medications I took. Since I have stopped using them, I didn't see the full effect. But during the time I was taking them, I have no problems. I took them for 3 weeks straight, and I got to sleep. And beadlady29, it's quite expensive, that's the thing!! And it's not sold everwhere, lol.
I live in Asia, by the way ;]
As for the Lord Byron quote, someone in the online game I'm playing shared that quote to me, who also happens to be diagnosed with bipolard disorder.
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"It is an awful chaos; light and darkness, and mind and dust, and passions and pure thoughts, mixed and contending without end or order, all dormant or destructive." - Lord Byron
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