[cocoa]

Hi everyone

Its been a long time sence i've needed advice and support. I was well for about a year and a half off all meds. It felt so good for a change. I could work and do everything a so called normal person could do. I went up and down a little but nothing major. I was starting to think maby i wasn't bipolar even though i was dignosed 14 years ago.
I'm telling you it is hard to learn all over again how to deal with the day to day problems in my head. I wish so much i could just be free of this plag. Its like it came back just to remind me not to get to happy or it would take me down. Well what can i say, its back and i'm back om my meds. Good days and bad and i'm back on this rollercoster of life once again.
I hope i can deal with the emotions better this time around!

Jacqui

[fluffycat]

Hi Cocoa

Just read your message after posting mine! Are you Bipolar II or I? So so sorry that you have had to go back on meds but I am sure that over the years you have learnt to deal with your emotions a lot better. Have faith in yourself and I am sure you will feel well again very soon. my best wishes to you.

hi there!

sorry to hear things arent the best right now. I am newly diagnosed, and actually quite thankful that I at least KNOW now what I am dealing with. Though it doesnt make it completely easy.

I think that though you might not remember a whole lot, dealing with it the last time most likely made you stronger and perhaps that will help you this time around.

[darkeyes]

Sad to say, we can have times we feel it's gone. . .we are well, an it's all gone.
But, no, it doesn't go away, but staying with meds,compliancy, keeping pdoc and T appt's. can keep it all at bay, even be episode free.
Reality is, if we need meds for stability, even if it's life long, but yet feel we don't, we do, okay?
If not and one can go through the rest of their life, episode free, no matter how mild they may be, then I feel the person was never truly Bipolar, but misdiagnosed or self-diagnosed, manipulating some GP to medicate for a mis DX of this disorder.
Just my personal take, and mean no offense to anyone.
Being DXed by a mental health professional (hopefuly a pdoc) as having Bipolar disorder, needs medication stabilization and monitoring to achieve any success.
Just my 2 cents.