[LorrieTorrie]

I finally meet with my new psychiatrist tomorrow. I'm going to request Citalopram and Loxitane again, but something tells me he's going to try to push Lithium instead which I guess won't be too bad. I was just sitting here thinking, and I was wondering if I will ever be "me" again. I've been dealing with these bipolar issues for ten years now, and I just wonder if I will ever go back to being the quiet, caring, nerdy girl I used to be. During my second semester of college I had a manic episode and it all just went downhill from there. Is this the new me, or is there a chance I can be that girl again?

[Ocean Swimmer]

You will find your happy medium.
Sometimes it takes the right combo of meds. A great pdoc. A support group. And understanding from those around you.bi not only strive to be myself, but a better version of myself.

[RisuNeko]

I am struggling with this question, too. Also a quiet, caring, nerdy girl. Also had my first manic episode in college. And it's also been downhill from there. I guess for the past few years I've been settling into a new identity, or set of identities. I still have the old me inside, but it shines out through different lenses at different times. Sometimes it's a dull and ruddy shine, like right now, when I'm depressed, dealing with eating issues and addiction, and sometimes it's a shine like the sun, when I'm manic out of my mind. But as the years have gone on (not really that many years) and I've found a few meds that seem to help, the dull shining is tending to be a bit brighter and the sun shining is tending to be a bit duller, and evvvvery now and then I land exactly in between and feel like my old self...but different somehow. Tainted by experience, I guess. I don't know if this even makes sense. Weird analogy. Anyway. I hope you and I both can find an answer and learn to love being in our own skin.

[gina_re]

Yes you can. At the time I didn't know it, but I was depressed my second semester of my freshman year. It took me a while for me to get back on my feet, but I got stable and graduated and am somewhat successful. There will be good times and bad times, but stability is very possible. Please take care of yourself.

[tbird20tv]

You are still the same but you will be healthier. I think we all go through this and you are not alone.

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[43camt]

I was skeptical just as you are about lithium, but it really has been amazing for me. Just like my doc who first brought up lithium to me said, I'm myself again.

Im on 1500 mg and have been on lithium for a little over a year