Posted by waterfall on December 29, 2005, at 20:34:05
In reply to Re: Well, maybe I'm a'gonna raise my voice a bit » Deneb, posted by Racer on December 29, 2005, at 17:36:02
Well, you asked for other's experiences and here's what happened to me. Under the guidance but without the approval of my psychiatrist I went off all my meds for bi-polar II and anxiety. I went off slowly and responsibly. The next two years had good points and bad. I was not ashamed all the time, a huge plus. I felt "free" and "mature." I was very proud of myself. Then, I got so over-sexed (yes, hypomania) that I turned my whole life on its head to get sex and damaged both my marriage and other relationships. Then, the anxiety and depression struck. I lay in bed for hours just shaking. Every second of my life was spend managing my wild mood swings. It affected my careet and my ability to function. It was very, very hard, but I went back to the meds with the same psychiatrist I was seeing before. Now, I'm not miserable. I have very little sex drive but I feel more stable, my marriage is stabilizing, and I make it to work every day. I can't say I'll stay on meds for the rest of my life, but I can say with some certainty that in the long run, I'm better off on the drugs although I can certainly have a run of several good months without them (without that constant shame. Wow, that was the best part of all).
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