Posted by Dinah on September 11, 2008, at 8:06:13
In reply to Re: It's Mixed state bipolar » Dinah, posted by seldomseen on September 11, 2008, at 6:05:39
That *will* be the key that separates you. Self awareness.
I always ask my husband to please have me locked up if I ever start acting like my mother. He always tells me that he will, but that the fact that I worry I'll end up like her will keep me from ending up like her. She has absolutely no awareness of the consequences of her actions, either to herself or to others.
FWIW, using those meds doesn't mean accepting the diagnosis. I've been on mood stabilizers forever. First to offset the side effects from AD's, then as migraine prophylaxis. I am well aware that they also keep my mood more stable. It's not an either or proposition. There are lots of places along that spectrum. The medications just treat the symptoms. Klonopin is good, and I'm glad it's working for you. I have always appreciated it. I also love my teeny smidge of as needed Risperdal. It gives a calm that reaches my bones. Not for nothing is it called a major tranquilizer.
I'm not pushing meds by any means. But if you can manage to view them without judgment, they can be awfully useful for the biological stuff. I never think of it as treating any particular disease, because I don't fit so neatly into any particular diagnosis. I have gotten those agitated depressions, but as a result from medications, for example. I consider them mainly a symptom management tool.
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