An I hate meds day
These dreams & the sexual side effects of my medication are making me want to quit taking them. I realize this is a bad idea...I am usually a medicine advocate, but sometimes its really frustrating. I feel ok other than those side effects...it seems like I cant have good without the bad. where do you draw the line when side effects are unbearable? My meds work....but theres just some shitty side effects & that sucks.
posted by Jil at 12:56 PM
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Amen. I feel like I should be in a church chorus here, hands thrown up, screaming Hallelujah.
If anyone finds a way to manage things without meds, please share!
7:41 AM
Margot Kidder was on Larry King. She's bipolar & has been treated without meds. I finally found the technique she referred to, it's at orthomolecular.org. They treat mental illness with vitamins & nutrition.
I really haven't read that much about it.
3:03 PM
I think you answered your own question. When the side effects are *unbearable*, you draw the line. You get back into that pdoc's office and say, "Thanks, but my quality of life is rather in the toilet. Let's try something else."
Somewhere, out there, is the combination that will work AND be bearable...at least I always try to have faith of that. We have to "tweak" here at least 3-4 times a year. Our pdoc's goal is not just to keep him out of the hospital, but for him to have the quality of life enjoyed by "normal" (whatever that is, if it exists) people. You deserve that.
1:04 AM
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