How would your life be different...

[KATE336]

...without your meds? or how would you be different?

[Phyllis]

Honestly? I would be the bitchiest person I know. And I think my family would hate me. I remember what I was like without meds, and it wasn't pretty. I was ALWAYS yelling at everyone and I felt ugly.

[jtokc]

OMG. I was always doing these really dumb things, and I had a lot of fender benders. And I was depressed a lot, and I got fired a lot. And I was really, really thin. And miserable.

Jane

[datgentry]

I would be a total wreck. I am a very impulsive person and without my meds it is much worse. I get very jittery and paranoid without my meds.

[KATE336]

I think I would find my way into risky circumstances for the rest of my life. Picking up hitchhikers, going over to people's houses I just met, trusting total strangers. I could very well "wake up dead". Love that phrase. Oxymoronic to the maximum. I really hope my stupid behavior ceases. We'll see. It is my mission. I feel like a big drug addict trying to get clean. I have so many bad habits stemming from never being treated! I have been told I cayght it soon, but not soon enough to where I am free from manic mess residue. Hey. I will stop the whining now. lol. I think those who have BP and get themselves help and struggle out of the havoc are amongst the strongest people.

[francie]

i haven't taken meds in a few years, but back when my symptoms were really bad, i spent a lot of time on the manic side of the fence.... and seemed i was depressed with it sometimes, as well.. .. depending upon whether it was an agitated, irritable mania.

so without my medications, i am slightly depressed and sometimes i experience a bit of mania these days. i have anxiety, and DO take drugs for that... as needed.

i am under a psychiatrist's observation, was diagnosed about 30 years ago, so i am at the point when i know things are getting bad... and i have someone who lives with me who will let me know in a heartbeat if i happen to let symptoms go unnoticed.