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Re: when is best time to go off meds?

Posted by sarita0001 on October 4, 2003, at 14:30:11

In reply to Re: when is best time to go off meds?, posted by Susan J on October 4, 2003, at 14:17:15

Hi,

Yeah I think it can be one time thing. I know someone who had a manic episode in their 20's, was ok for 30 years, and then had another in their 50's. This is a very long story but here's the short version. My situation is unique because I had a lot of issues as a kid and they all built up and it manifested itself as some type of strange episode when I was 17. Now, the things I did were classic mania, but a lot of the things I did were to also get attention that I never felt I had growing up.

For the last 6 years, I have believed that the lithium has prevented mania and depression. That's also what my dr. told. me. the last dr. I had thinks i could have a substance induced mood disorder which means stay away from substances because they'll mess with your head.

Me and my dr. now have lowered the lithium since january and i have been fine. So it's sad to think that maybe I have wasted 7 years putting my body through lithium that I may have never needed. Or, as I will find out soon hopefully, maybe I do need it all along.

There are so many theories, studies on BP but I think that it depends a lot on the person.
Thanks for reading this.

Sara


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