[boogiesmash]

Dos mental illness ever get cured are we cursed in going from a rollercoaster of feelings?

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by boogiesmash

Dos mental illness ever get cured are we cursed in going from a rollercoaster of feelings?

I dont think it gets cured but remissions feel like you are.

[Guiness187055]

Bipolar plays tricks with your head. I am in relative remission and I keep asking myself if I ever had bipolar in the first place. I know enough that If I stop taking my medications the symptoms will come back. Bipolar sure is a funny disease.

[Pookyl]

Originally Posted by boogiesmash

Dos mental illness ever get cured are we cursed in going from a rollercoaster of feelings?

I don’t know the answer but I know someone who has long periods of stability including a 7yr break in between episodes.
That at least gives me hope that one day it might be possible to manage my bipolar and have a life.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Seems like I hardly ever reach stability for long.

My t is worried because I can't stay stable.

[boogiesmash]

Been in bed all today. Frustrated can’t see my self winning

[boogiesmash]

Lonely need to get finances in order need to win

[Pookyl]

Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

Seems like I hardly ever reach stability for long.

Me too. 7 weeks is my longest.

[Aviza]

I was fine for 9 years, thought i was cured. Was off meds for 3 years, working fulltime, had a second job part time, living in an apartment. People started saying i wasn't right, than i started getting worse, eventually full on break. So needless to say i know now i am not cured but i can seem cured through medication. But now i know i can break again and my breaks last a year.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by Guiness187055

Bipolar plays tricks with your head. I am in relative remission and I keep asking myself if I ever had bipolar in the first place. I know enough that If I stop taking my medications the symptoms will come back. Bipolar sure is a funny disease.

It sure is. I've been so stable over the past couple of years that I can't help wondering if I really have bipolar 1 or if my providers are just making a bigger deal of it than it really is. I've been experimenting with my meds recently because I am in a hypomanic phase and nothing terrible has happened, althoug I know I can't go off them entirely. I don't have the balls to try that---the withdrawal would be awful. Besides, I've been in a psych ward and there's always the chance of ending up in there again. So I've gone back to taking my pills as prescribed. The hypo should resolve on its own.

[Fuzzybear]

As I can’t take “medications” or only a couple (which don’t really help) I don’t know the answer. I would like to think there could be a cure, or if not, a better quality of life.