Man, those SSRIs and other drugs used to rein them in afterwards were so overpowering that I won't fucking touch psychiatric help again. Maybe my bipolar disorder, if I have it, is mild enough to function without any pills. Been pill free for over 5 years now and I'd say my life is flourishing as much as normal people.
It really ruined it for me though. I spent three years in a hellish state that I'll never get back and I've been permanently changed, if not my directly in my brain, then my learning because I have absolutely no trust for Doctors or my family anymore. Only person I open up to is my fiance because of the trust issues since I had to fight on my own to get to my best state while everyone else was trying to convince me to be miserable and continue an overmedicated path, my doctor included. Sometimes I wonder if getting through depressive slumps would be easier on the right balance of medication, but I will never, ever be convinced to try again.
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Man, those SSRIs and other drugs used to rein them in afterwards were so overpowering that I won't fucking touch psychiatric help again. Maybe my bipolar disorder, if I have it, is mild enough to function without any pills. Been pill free for over 5 years now and I'd say my life is flourishing as much as normal people.
It really ruined it for me though. I spent three years in a hellish state that I'll never get back and I've been permanently changed, if not my directly in my brain, then my learning because I have absolutely no trust for Doctors or my family anymore. Only person I open up to is my fiance because of the trust issues since I had to fight on my own to get to my best state while everyone else was trying to convince me to be miserable and continue an overmedicated path, my doctor included. Sometimes I wonder if getting through depressive slumps would be easier on the right balance of medication, but I will never, ever be convinced to try again.
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