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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 9:52am
Well re-introducing myself. I'd come here awhile ago, but I'm afraid my behavior wasn't the best and I got cranky about what seemed to me like people not accepting my anti-meds (for myself) stance.
I was diagnosed bipolar 1 with rapid cycling with OCD tendencies about 10 years ago. I'm also a recovering anorexic. I haven't been on any meds for about 9 years now. I went through various things, ended up on lithium with a doctor who didn't believe me I was having problems and wouldn't consider my dosage, maybe another medicine, so I just took myself off lithium and discontinued treatment. (Yes I know you shouldn't take yourself off medication :D) While I don't always do so well, i work to control my moods with a mixture of diet, exercise, reading, faith, and forcing myself to just go out and socialize sometimes :D. I still continue to cycle pretty hard, rapidly and my dh jokes that I have "personality shifts" instead of mood swings because of how often my moods change and how extremely

Love and Light, Joelle

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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 12:51pm

Welcome back, Joelle!

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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 2:24pm
Well I'm really working on being more tolerant. I'm guessing I was on the down swing and oversensitive. I am definitely too quick to get angry when it comes to discussion of medication tho. I had a really bad experience with it and am not willing to try it again. Not to say medication is bad, it really helps some people. Just not for me.

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Thu, 02-08-2007 - 2:26pm
an afterthought... I'd been thinking of posting over on the homeschooling board to see about other moms there dealing with chronic health issues, but being bipolar is really different from other chronic health issues

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