Posted by waterfall on March 21, 2004, at 19:40:52
In reply to Re: Bi Polar disorder » waterfall, posted by Pandabear on March 21, 2004, at 19:27:56
As I have been where it sounds like you are, I'm going to just go for it here.
> I want to take my lamictal but not the trazodone.
It is completely up to you what drugs you take. If you don't like a drug it is not only your right but your responsiblity to yourself to decide whether to take it based on what it does for you, not based on what someone else wants.
>She said that most bipolar people like to stay up late at night...IM Sorry but just because someone stays up late at night does NOT make them bipolar...does it?
No, it does not. Irregular sleep patterns are normal for every person on the planet at one time or antoher in their life. Temporary sleep patterns does not a life-time illness make.
>My therapist and i have a good relationship and if I went in telling her that i wasnt taking the medicine, she would flip out...she might not show it when im in there but, she would get really upset when i left...
When I told my doctor that I was going to move forward with not taking the drugs she had prescribed and that I had consulted another therapist and another psychiatrist before coming to this decision she was unhappy. She was huffy. She acted insulted that I would choose something for myself that she didn't agree with. Those were her emotions and her problem. Your responsibility is to yourself alone. I know how hard it is to displease a therapist. Believe me. I thought I would have to move to another town to get out from under her at one point. So please try to hear me when I say that your feelings are the only ones that matter. She is not your friend. She is not your lover. She is not your mother. This is a clinical relationship and your feelings are the important ones. And while it may feel like the world will come to an end if she gets angry, trust me, IT WON'T!!
>I just dont want to upset anyone but I dont want to take it. Im not seeing what they are aparently seeing and yet they wont tell me..so im stuck.
Feel free to trust yourself! Your feelings about yourself and your mental health issues are the most important ones. A doctor's opinion is just that - an opinion. An educated opinion, true, but not more real than your own feeligns about yourself and your body.
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