Vicissitude: Bipolar Disorder and its ups and downs

This is a diary of present and the past by a man who being Bipolar is just part of his life Each post is in two parts first is everyday diary and second is a kind of continuous diary of my past

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Being Bipolar is just part of my life.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Medication

For some people who are bipolar (like myself three years back) taking meds is in their view 1- admitting to others that they are (as people think) mentally ill and have to live with it through their entire life. 2- Have to accept all the side effects meds have especially in high dosage. 2- are treated by others differently and pitied especially by close relatives. And those are very heavy on their shoulders, believe me.
I do myself take meds but small dosage and in limited period and with the help of my doctor and when it is needed to help me overcome uncontrollable situations.
Stopping the meds is not a good thing at the initial stages and I do not recommend that at all. And one has to learn how to recognize critical situations with the help of a doctor before limiting them.
There are positive sides to being a bipolar and I know THERE ARE. It is not only a subject of giving false hopes.There are many aspects and factors which have to be put forward but I talk about them depending the feedbacks by the readers

Sunday, February 25, 2007

I am back

I thought people have ceased viewing my blog and did not feel the need to enter new posts. And my old motive of sharing and soaking help had changed. But now I feel I have to continue. Because people do view my blog even though they do not leave any comments and, I have a new motive to share what I have been through and where I am now.

If you go through my posts you will see the changes I had experienced. I did continue that and now I do not think but I am sure that this had been true and it actually works.
I may not be a doctor but in this field I have gathered many information from different point of views and like a consumer of art works I have myself been (and am) a bipolar.
This is an introduction and I am not going into all details. But tell you this much that being a bipolar for me is not what the world had made me think it was. I take no medication regularly (only occasionally and when I find it necessary depending on my condition and in small and dosage and limited duration, sometimes only one or two nights). I function in my social environments (family, work, society and etc). and much more. I have helped growing my potential abilities.

In my next posts I will talk more.
Good luck to all.