anyone else live with family that doesn't approve of meds?

I have been on psych meds since my early 20s. I'm 39 now and married with a daughter. My husband has never supported the fact that I've been on psych meds this whole time (except some Zoloft at the end of my pregnancy and while breastfeeding). Every time I go to the psychiatrist, he is grouchy about it. I don't know. I was under the impression that bipolar is one of the mental disorders they can tie tightly to genetics and that you almost need medication to correct the imbalance. All he sees is the various side effects I get, and some of them are bad like wanting to sleep all the time or not wanting to be intimate sexually. However, I often think without the meds, I might not even be here. My parents and sisters don't think I need them either. I have a friend who understood, but she moved out of state and across the country. It's difficult without support.

Oh man it's so tough to be on meds when your own family fights you. try to stay strong. Like you said ....without them you might even be here.

Talk to your Pdoc about issues with low libido. Not all meds have the same side effects. A low dose of Wellbutrin may help also. That seems to help a lot of people who have issues with sexual side effects.

That’s rough. I don’t live with family but I have gotten some flak in the past. My dad was always saying “oh you don’t need that garbage come on!” Well after 6 IP visits, he stopped with that crap! I’ve also gotten from a few people that my meds just make me high therefor they’re bad for me. Shyyit I wish they made me high.

And yea Wellbutrin is the only AD I can take without derailing my sex life. But the SSRI’s and SNRI’s made sex painful so I didn’t want it at all. Weird side effect for sure!

My Mom and my sister think I should just take natural herbs to treat my BP. My therapist even told me I might be able to go off meds soon... My pdoc and husband strongly disagree. I have not seen my therapist since then. She seems to think I have been stable long enough to stop them. I think I have been this stable because of my meds.

Oh gawd. Please listen to your husband and Pdoc. That therapist sounds really ignorant

Yikes. I don’t blame you for not seeing T again. I always thought that it’s the meds stabilizing me then why quit taking them? It’s not like our bipolar “cleared up” lol.

Only the husband to deal with and I'm almost at the point of hiding my meds from him. Can't hide appts, tho... I don't have any side effects from my meds but they only take the edge off my mood swings. No matter if I'm up or down he insists that the ****ing meds are making me drugged and "loopy".
He doesn't believe I have an MI (in other words, HE doesn't WANT me to have one because it reflects on him) even though I've been IP several times and have a long family history.
Of course, his totally screwed up family is "normal".
Sorry, I'm ranting...

My 89 yr old mum is totally supportive of meds and my 70 yr old sister is of the belief that meds caused the problems. I always thought that should be the other way around but myself I vacillate between the two. When I had my first breakdown if they hadn't put me on all the drugs maybe I'd have gotten better and stayed better. I'm totally anti antidepressants as they caused me so many problems. I don't know I take an AP and sleep med and am afraid to quit but no one around me is truly anti supportive .....if they were I'd probably quit though I've been stable on this cocktail for over 4 years. That has to suck having someone you live with be so negative about something that might be what's keeping you away from the edge

used too.

my family didn't believe in any type of illness what so ever (mental or physical) which reminds me of a story, but that's for a diffrent thread

I am so glad I don't live with them now