tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10591578.post115885126288766043..comments2007-02-17T09:49:29.081-08:00Jilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926815748253496124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10591578.post-1158902030495083022006-09-21T22:13:00.000-07:002006-09-21T22:13:00.000-07:002006-09-21T22:13:00.000-07:00I was reading previously some of your entries about meds and the ultimate question: to take or not to take? I have been diagnosed bipolar for approximately a year and a half now but have know my whole life that it was always there. Right now I am struggling extremely conflicted about whether or not to take my meds. I have previously been on several and none have worked. For nearly four months I have been off of them and have never been more real. I was so fed up with all that was going on w/the meds that I just quit them. I was so tired and finally enough was enough. I feel more inventive, creative, and comfortable w/myself than ever before. Somehow everytime I am given a new prescription I feel like taking it would be destroying apart of myself. I feel as if I wouldn't be true. I know that my moods aren't perfect b/c they are far from. I battle them constantly but I am learning to deal. I just have a SERIOUS problem w/people telling me I have to have them. I can't stand it. I had a medical professional tell me that basically I would not graduate/complete college if I was not medicated. The assumptions of some people blow my mind. I embrace the fact I am bipolar and love the positive things it contributes to my life. I just thought I would respond to your past posts b/c yours is the first I have really seen on the subject. I don't know if you can relate but I just get so annoyed with psychiatry and the president of medicines are cure-alls? Sorry for taking up so much space but its nice to know that there are others who share my same concerns when dealing with a really personal issue.Buck_FuSh_9http://www.blogger.com/profile/15224269227618458587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10591578.post-1158876833379468012006-09-21T15:13:00.000-07:002006-09-21T15:13:00.000-07:002006-09-21T15:13:00.000-07:00Eat more ginger?Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993776596353986235noreply@blogger.com