If being bipolar, we don't take any drugs, will it be worse later.?
827001
bipolar also have its stage 1st stage,2nd stage,3rd stage...you know it depend on the mildness of the stage the more mild your stage is, less bipolar attacks you gonna get...well bipolar can stay stable if you do meditation like yoga and waking up early in the morning and taking walk in the park,always being happy,keep on laughing,being happy etc...but if it doesnt worsen that doesnt mean your not bipolar that mean that your bipolar is in its 1st stage..BUT if you are getting serious bipolar attacks medications must be taken...you can only control bipolar by your willingness only if its in its low stage..
950371
Not doing drugs would be a start . . . sorry, but you're screwed.
1142136
This is normal. Antipsychotics (Risperdal) and benzodiazepines (Klonopin) will make you feel that way until they are fully in your system, which could take anywhere from a few days, to two weeks, depending on your body and the way it handles the medications. \n\nAs for the drug abuse, I'm sure you already know this, but you need to stop. The drugs will interfere with the medications you are taking and will hinder your process to get better. I too used to take drugs (a lot more than my fair share) and until I quit, no medications helped with my bipolar. Enough lecturing. \n\nHere's some stuff that you can read up on about the drugs and your conditions if you want to. Good luck.
944237
First up, if he's bipolar, then paxil is an odd drug for him to be on. Second, it's generally a dumb idea to mix psychiatric meds with booze. Thirdly, paxil is strange and picky. If you keep stopping abnd starting it, it becomes progressively less effective.
947742
NONE it is dangerous to stop meds cold turkey, taper off!
1116010
The problem with treatment is only if you get meds or treatments that are not compatible with each other.  However, with being bipolar you need to make up your mind to seek medical assistance and to be consistent with what they tell you to do.  Also, you should research proper diet as to what will keep your body the healthiest the longest.  Avoid alchohol and non-prescribed drugs.
371897
Not really. They dont help. Except maybe pot if you have depression problems. But the thing is, you have to get over your problems yourself. You can hooked on some nasty drugs if youre only using to get away from problems. And I'm not saying this because I'm anti-drug. I do drugs pretty regularly, but I got over my problems (depression etc) all by myself. Pot helped a little bit because it makes you happy, but the true happiness you cant get from drugs alone. Good luck\n\n\nPeace
686940
Any "artificial" high can be more intense, more potent than a "natural" high.  Unfortunately, the drug disrupts your body and the low that follows is usually much worse than coming off of a natural high.  The long term effects of drug use may be a permanent imbalance of your natural chemicals.  For some there is even a temporary or permanent lack of having any emotional reactions, quite devastating.  even drugs don't help.  Enjoying life the way it comes to you without introducing drugs is safer and allows you to become more aware and appreciative of the natural ups and downs of your emotions.  The more you do it the better it gets.
646623
READ EVERYTHING YOU CAN ON WEB AND IN MEDICAL BOOK; TALK TO DOCTORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND OR PSYCHIATRIST, OR TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. I've had bi-polar at least 18 yrs. & possibly longer. I think i've read that STRESS can bring it ON  or make it worse. Some helpful info i read was info. about Mentall illness that i ordered from the U.S. Government--I think it was; the way i found it: first thru: Consumer SOMETHING (I SORRY I CANNOT think of name of it right now.\nSome of my symptoms of Bipolar: very excessive TALKING with mania--just couldn't get enough said & told; flights of money making ideas- thinking of the ideas--ALMOST faster than U can write them down;also lots of hostility and BEING HATEFUL,ETC.; also too much mental energy & need for very little or no sleep;  in depressive cycle:  too much sleep & at bottom of barrel--excessively DEPRESSED & can't Make myself do things that I needed to do.  (My med. helps a little, but not LOTS & i refuse to take more then 1.5 mg.'s of zyprexa DAILY, but to possible side effects-especially Diabetees, which i don't think I HAVE -yet, anyways. --u can type in BIPOLAR I THINK UNDER SEARCH at yahoo and /or google. ---ALSO, in depressed cycle: too much sleep & lack of energy.
270124
not if they're off their meds...
427443
You can but it is not recommended to take a medication if you don't need it.
338743
yes i can , being bipolar you will have major mood swings. one day you can be so high on life and feel everything is great and the next day you will be so depressed that it is hard to even get out of bed. bipolar can be very dangerous.and if you think you may be bipolar you should seek help right away. i know these things because i am bipolar, manic depressant, and have multiple personalities. good luck and GOD BLESS YOU!!!
864255
Well, first off, I must say that I am a little offended, because I didn't know that people were actually giving out this kind of advice. I am a bi-polar manic depressive, and I am marrying someone that is not. We have been together for 3 1/2 years already, and our relationship is fine. I wouldn't ever advise someone that they shouldn't marry someone they love just because they have bi-polar disorder. There is nothing wrong with us. We function just like everyone else, it's just that usually we need medication to help us do it. So called "normal" people have their own crutches instead of medication too...drinking, smoking, driving to fast, spending too much money, that kind of stuff. So what makes us so different that we shouldn't be able to marry people that the world has deemed "normal?"
1083464
Yes bipolar disorder, untreated can be deadly.  15% of all bipolar people will successfully kill themselves and at least  25% of bipolar patients will attempt suicide. Now if one adds the amount of people who die by acting stupid during mania, then bipolar disorder looks a lot like a terminal disease. The good news is the medication lithium reduces the number in half and if the disease is under control then one does not have to end up on suicide watch. Bipolar is not something to take lightly because one bad mood swing can cause someone to fall off the deep end. This is why therapy and medicine are so important and if there is a sudden change in mood the doctor needs to know right away. It's better to stop a problem at the beginning then to have to suffer.
892656
I see all the answers given and there isn't one good one. People with bipolar are not all psychos, they are people living day to day the best they can. They have jobs families and lives like everyone else. There are a few that may cause problems because they refuse to take their meds but I don't see them everyday ruining the lives around them anymore than I see normal people walking down the street.\n\nWhat happened to compassion for your fellow man. People don't ask to be bipolar. Have you ever heard someone bitch about a cancer patient going through treatment? No. Bipolar is a disease like any other and the people that have it deserve the kindness that anyone else does. \n\nSo to answer your question. People are ass****!
1137432
very twisted question indeed.. I am manic depressive/bipolar, been on medication for years.. I would never consider stopping the meds. And I know I am tainting the part of the affliction that was most 'fun' because of the medication.. being manic is what most people would become if they found the ability to live out every ability of any superhero you could pull out of a comic book.. you have the answers for everything, you have the power to rationalize the most complex and unreachable ideas of what life is and what it means.. the secrets of life magically have rational explainations to the manic mind... But then it is no fun at all..\nFor me, I can say that when the know-it-all stage has given way to the out of control phase... the fun becomes beyond amplified.\nParanoia sets in, everyone and everything becomes an enemy and has to be dealt with in the most harshest means possible. There is no fun to be found in feeling like a powerless puppet dangling at the bottom of invisible strings you can not see to cut... and nobody else can see them to be able to help you out. \ne being medicated and finding the right mix of prescriptions and dosages I feel a different kind of bipolar.. the colors of life are the same.. just less brightness.. more neutral.. everything averages out now.. and I am the one that holds the strings. Being bipolar has become my puppet to dangle, and I dont abuse the privilage. I know the day will come  when medication may not work so effectively and I go crazy all over again.. lots of fun, but lots of stupid decisions that can not be remade, and lots of consequences that can not be avoided.\nLife is more stable and emotions are more controllable.. and this brings an alternative to the madness. Life is so much better.. but not 'fun' .. I find a medicine induced sense of predictablity is a fair compromise.\nIf I could choose I would where to freeze my personal spectrum of it all, it be slightly below the psychotic stage of over the top... that is where the all fun is found..
717328
Bipolar disorder is caused by a chemical imbalance in the Central Nervous System... especially the brain.  There is a chemical lack that causes the brain to fluctuate in mood swings according to the chemical that is prominent at the time of the disorder's attack.  That is why medications are SO IMPORTANT... it is like Diabetes, and the use of Insulin... if a diabetic denied the condition and tried to mentally cure the disorder... there would be eventual failure... well that is the same with Bipolar Disorder.  The medications put the brain and CNS into a normal chemical balance and keeps it in a normal status... and working condition.  That is when most bipolar patients think the are CURED and stop taking the medication only to find that two or three weeks down the line they are back with the condition again.  A Bipolar disorder is a lifetime condition... and the medications are necessary for the life of the person...  just as insulin is necessary for diabetes.\n\nIf you think the medications are "nonsence" medications the Bishop will not consider you responsible enough to send you on a mission for two years, where you will not follow rules of the doctor... it also shows that you are too independent to follow rules of the Mission President...\n\nUntil you can be responsible and show that responsibility for at least a year... you will not be Missionary material.  Sorry... start to take your medications...