Posted by bridgey1128 on January 25, 2004, at 19:28:09
In reply to Re: topomax » Karen_kay, posted by pbjc on January 25, 2004, at 18:33:18
I agree with you totally! People act like this is all "in our heads". yeah I WISH! Then we could just think it away. It's stupid! You are absolutely right when you said if we had something like AIDS or cancer they wouldn't dare say...oh can't you just OVERCOME IT WITHOUT YOUR MEDS? DAHUR!Uh NO..it may not be a death sentence but it could be for someone who gets really depressed because they aren't on medication. And what would happen if they committed suicide...they would say...Well, if they ONLY GOT HELP! It's like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't! There is such a bias against people in this country with mental illness. I am completely upfront with all my friends and people I meet about it(people I will see again and again, not total strangers). They act like..well you don't LOOK crazy! I have to explain to them that there are many different kinds of bipolar and not just the "manic depression" that people think of when you mention it. My mania isn't that bad. It consists of hyperness and being excited and talkative when I am around friends. This I don't mind. Now the people I am talking to might! haha I don't have visions of grandeur and think I am superwoman or go out and spend hundreds of dollars etc. THANK GOD! We don't have hundreds to spend!I don't feel like the Topomax has inhibited that part of my bipolar in the least. I think it has calmed me a bit so I am not quite as....blunt, if you will. It definitely has helped my depression. The ultimate test was a couple of weeks ago. A girl I grew up with and went to church with who was my age, died in a car wreck. This just totally blew my mind. I thank God I was on medication because I don't know how far down I would have gone. Losing someone you love is bad enough, but then losing someone that was your same age, in the prime of their life, that is just life altering in a whole different way. So anyway, this is adding to your rants. I completely understand. And until these people have the same problems and concerns we do, they won't truly understand what it means to go through it. It's like a single person giving child rearing advice to a parent. JUST KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!
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