Then try to get through proofreading it. Don’t feel the need to justify… That whole comment is full of justifications! Familiar with the work of Dr James Phelps and/or Dr Nassir Ghaemi? She also told me to take Kali Phos tissue salts but i found they made me more nervous and she told me to take a probiotic. While it’s sad that most of you are just fooling yourselves, what’s really sad is the mother who’s experimenting on her child because she’s done nothing at all to research what bipolar really is. I’m lucky enough to respond well to medication, but my life took a real dive when one of my antidepressants stopped working (and we didn’t know what the problem was). I haven’t been back to therapy, or on any medications again. Conversely, they manifested a tendency to diagnose men with APD and not with HPD. I have found that depression and mania are much easier to control if you take control of your lifestyle and environment. Is mania and anger real. Both are XR/ER, meaning they stay in my system all the time and build up a bit over time. The medication did not heal me of those symptoms, they increased my discomfort and added many distressing side effects. I was fed medications and left to my own devices. I was put in the psych ward for 1 month to figure out what was wrong with me. Perhaps their diagnosis is actually incorrect. Being up all night being one of them, eating poorly as well or as a result. But, the most important element of my treatment is Buspar [moderated]. Don’t see yourself as sick, but on the path way to being your true and happy self. I am offended when you refer to people who have this dastardly illness as crazy. So any claim such as “I didn’t do this” (no-cebo effect) for 3 days and now I’m bipolar free mean little to nothing. http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Emergency-Personal-Transformation-Consciousness/dp/0874775388/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446765834&sr=1-1&keywords=spiritual+emergency+when+personal+transformation+becomes+a+crisis, For anyone who is struggling right now, I know your suffering is real. I have gone through med changes based on an opinion and not science, no blood work, etc. They exclaimed “Now we know what’s wrong with you. Symptom free for the first time in many years, if not ever. the frequency of mania, depression and inability to focus is every day business. Let the proof be in the pudding! People like myself get annoyed whether I am right or wrong. Has anyone else out there noticed any difference in the efficasy of lithium from different manufacturers? but i forgot to drive home my most important message. I know you are upsetting so many people who are reading your posts..You have upset me beyond words. I was misdiagnosed with ADD and ADHD when i was a kid and all the meds would was make me a zombie. Do it always in this order. MIND OVER MATTER. sometimes i get happy but not often. It was after all an antidepressant that triggered the severe Bipolar manic episode (with psychosis.) When I took Lithium, I had extremely runny diarrhea that was so bad that it limited me going out of my house. My son just turned 17 in March of this year. You’ll feel better and burn off excessive energy, which will lead to better sleep habits. GUT HEALTH FIRST! I realize the situation is what it is. Great. I usually have racing thoughts in the morning, so I try to practice calming my mind before I start my day, and this really helps set the tone for the day. He did not kill me but overpowered me, and I went back into a trance when he tortured me for several hours. I been suffering bipolar for a decade. I’m also getting vitamin D3 with the calcium supplement I’m taking. Now I don’t even feel those feelings of wanting to stay awake for many hours or other excessive behaviors. Having read a number of your comments on this blog, I don’t feel the need to try and justify my reasons for not taking meds. How can a physical thing like meds change something abstract and specific like thinking? “Our results show the importance of childhood trauma, not only as a risk factor for bipolar disorders per se but also for a more severe clinical and dimensional profile of expression of the disorder,” author Monica Aas, PhD, from the University of Oslo, in Norway, told Medscape Medical News. I do have IBS which isn’t under control. I am very frustrated and it kills my soul that my first born is going through something so scary and a unknowing mental stage that no doctor can give me an accurate diagnosis. The crime is that they then go about the world pushing these drugs on others…. It’s my focus because it has to be. My bipolar is relatively mild so I think these things will work for me. I am so sorry to hear of your experience with that particular pdoc. It must be very frustrating when your psych tells you you’re being non-compliant just because you’re trying to improve the way you feel. He thought that someone was trying to hurt his dad and that they were trying to get him to hurt his dad. Having a proper sleep schedule is sometimes just impossible, so I don’t fight anymore, I have a room far away from my bed allowing me to do my things while others are sleeping. | Menal Health Guide. I am tired of feeling like a sloth! in my opinion! I take Lithium and for me it works. In search of a wee bit of advice from fellow journeyers. O ya, extreme healthy lifestyle helps me to stay without medication for 6 month now. I’m on the final year of a degree course studying humanistic integrative counselling and want to write my dissertation on people who are meds free with bipolar disorder. I want to just scream because of the pain in my heart.. I was advised to take another mood stabaliser in 2001, because my P. doc had read a report about it make arthritis, which I also have worse. Is that warm and fuzzy enough for you? I personally will say my meds saved me from killing myself. We all have bad days Michael. But it is so hard for two month with increased anxiety and insomnia. I no longer am the person I was before this malady hit me hard. If you can help it would be appreciated. Interesting, I have to admit during some of my psychotic phases it all seems very supernatural and spiritual. Not even counting to the fact i would be an extreme high risk for postpartum and i was not in a good place and im just realizing all this recently that i might have done something i could never take back. Main chemical problem is to much of dopamine released in the brain. from what i ve seen as a good defination- normal is a setting on your washermachine. Pierre,,You know so much go get your own blog and stop trying to inject yourself in to someone else s! Low blood sugar and protein levels ALWAYS leads to irritable and even raging moods. That being said, the odd person (I’ve met exactly one) can get stabilized and stay that way even without the aid of medication. I’m 48 and this is my third attempt at completing a degree (this will be familiar to those with bipolar who are experts at starting but not completing projects :-) ) Would you be interested taking part? Stop looking for biological or genetic causes and you might figure out how they are behind your unhappiness. How To Treat Bipolar Disorder Without Medications Guide will help you to Fix your Bipolar Disorder, Exercise Guide and other hacks to cope Bipolar Disorder. Prodrome detection is helpful. The link to the website is: http://chn.ge/15weJ7t. My father and brother have each gone off meds thinking they were cured and my dad got arrested and my brother hospitalized. Both dopamine and cortisol are katalisators for catabolic metabolism and keeps certain level of it. Exercise for Depression, ADHD, and Bipolar Disorder. what were some changes you made?? what hurts me the most especially being his mother, its like he knows something is wrong but scared to mention or talk because he feels like an odd ball.. Cutting off spiritual practises may help. However, I might be keener to try to cut them out as much as possible (with stabilisers) if I didn’t have a caring partner who keeps an eye on me and stops me getting in too much trouble. For example, there is clearly a gender bias when it comes to diagnosing personality disorders: Ford and Widiger (1989) found a clear tendency in psychologists to diagnose women with histrionic personality disorder (HPD) and not with antisocial personality disorder (APD), even when they showed more antisocial than histrionic traits. I realize that some people that read this are medicated, and that’s OK if that’s what you want but because I don’t believe in the treatment, it has a paradoxil effect and I just end up angry and the docs want to put me on more pills. :) Some excerpts are here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Za7GtirGs0 and at 1:08 begins the bit that includes the line above. Eat loads of fruit and veg, drink lots of water, don’t sugar OD, don’t caffeine OD. Also, children and adolescents that display ADHD are at a high risk of becoming bipolar as adults. The doctors think normal means healthy, but I found that just isn’t true for me. Likewise, you will find some therapists/pdocs to be more intuitive, objective, compassionate and better trained than others. Just another way to dumb us down into thinking we are taking a drink instead of meds that when working together can cause havoc and for me have. I wouldn’t say there is a conspiracy to prevent alternative treatments; I would say there is no money in it. I now also have been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and have GORD and a stomach complaint which is going to be looked into soon. Above all, keep in contact with your physician and a close friend or family member. And it IS work. Stress is a big factor as is anxiety. All my best to you, Chris. This really works wonders, because you’ll realize you really are in control of this illness, so don’t think you are sick, because your thoughts will take over and you’ll believe there is something wrong with you. I still believe that most people need medication, and if medication actually worked on me without giving me the worst possible side effects, I would take it. I write this out of concern. I would very much like to include you as part of my research if you are interested. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Really fascinating book about psychiatry and it’s history, and how the meds have been developed and marketed. Iv’e been doing this for over 20 years, if there is another treatment I can’t imagine what it could be ? I hate my meds, I dont want to take them and am down to 1.. So here I outline the treatments I’m aware of that treat bipolar disorder without prescription medication (or neuromodulation, like electroconvulsive therapy or repetitive transcranaial magnetic stimulation). According to their system and their liability, and due to the fact that 99% of doctors who practice in the field of psychiatiry treat with medications, they are required in the U.S. to prescribe medication if you go in there and you agree with them that you have a disorder, and you agree to take the medication as they prescribe. Your therapist will educate you about all aspects of your disease. Crying uncontrollably – what a disaster. You should look better than any one else of your sex near. 1. I use the Wellness Recovery Action Plan W.R.A.P. Guess what, I don’t care IF it is the only way to treat my illness, I will NOT take them. I’m gonna save up for it though. True, it has only been a year, but for someone who was never stable over the course of 20+ years, this is something of a miracle. I’ve had MH pros argue against other MH pros and the diagnoses labeled on my records. Narcotics?! Ted – as a licensed mental health professional I can assure you that no reputable doctor or therapist would ever diagnose a 1 yr old with a mental illness. to give up meds for some inconvenient side effects means you like your life being a mess or you arent bipolar. I wish you peace and Natasha does not deserve your anger.. You may disagree but she is doing an extraordinary service to so many people out there. Renee, we are poor and its sad in a lot of societies we cant get the right help. You can get equally messed up on Rx drugs, when you are prescribed the wrong ones, or over/under medicate yourself with the right ones. Ive read a bunch of the stories you great people have been telling and ive tried medication, it is scary but I am going to the doctor tomorrow so hopefully I find something that doesn’t have to many side affects. Through using eCPR we can better understand and overcome our fear of seemingly unusual behavior brought on by an emotional crisis. There are MANY brands to choose from, like True Hope, Quiet Minds, Hardy Nutritionals, Equilib, and my favorite for its potency and least expense: Q96 by an MLM called QSciences. I don’t have all the answers, but I have found a few and they’re working. I try everything possible but I refuse to even take an Advil now. I still see a therapist and have taken DBT therapy a couple times, which I think is the only reason I can be off meds. Hang in there, and keep looking for the solution. The reason I thought it odd, was because I now had enough knowledge about psychology and bipolar disorder to know, that a misdiagnosis of depression and prescription of certain antidepressants (I was prescribed tricyclics) when someone has bipolar disorder, can trigger rapid cycling and increase risk of suicide. You bet. Again, like with meds, everyone is different and what may work for me may be useless to others, and vice versa. Let me say it again, because I don’t want to be indirectly responsible for a death. Individuals have different reactions to medication and it can be particularly difficult to treat if there are co-existing conditions or if you are a rapid cycler or experience mixed states. Chris I guess I’d say that for people who prefer “supplements” for some kind of moral or philosophical reason, there’s no reason not to try lithium–under a doctor’s supervision, with their blood levels checked, so they get the results but don’t poison themselves. Because if it really worked, there _would_ be the right research on it. I have tried to comfort him but his pain is so great at times it break me and my heart!!! This is not a life for me. Wishing you all good health and happiness :). So, first she argues aggressively as to why I am not fully medicated and then wants to argue as to who decided I had Bipolar? I would love to be in touch with you ! Terri, Until then, we only have the genetic/chemical imbalance theory which results in only subjective diagnoses. 3: ive tried EVERYTHING and besides would never risk getting off meds for the fear id hurt myself or someone else. talk to me in a couple months! What a wonderful blog. Research and publish the best content. Therapy will help you recognize signs of relapse and potential triggers to impulsive behavior. Apparently I been suffering that for most of my life and I didn’t even know it. It’s a chronic condition that requires long-term treatment and lifelong management. Like I said , the only way I can think of this person is that they are and I hate to say it because I don’t like the word but I will anyway, A TROLL. There are some pretty intense opinions out there regarding the validity of psychiatry and what effective treatment is. Annie….slow down. Appreciate you providing a forum to help educate people and share information. There has been substantial research done on this product over the years beginning in the late 90’s at the U of C. Here is a very interesting talk form Dr. Kaplan about her research: It is lengthy but enlightening. My other thought is perhaps a medical illness – perhaps an infection in utero or as an infant. P = emPowering, and They didnt scream it at them or anything like but would explain when i wasnt around what was up. I use a combination of CBT, mindfulness mediation (which really helps with my sleep patterns and recognising changes in my body and mental state to help predict manic, hypo manic and depressive episodes), supplements: magnesium, omega-3, and B-12 shots every 3 months; a balanced healthy gluten free diet rich in greens and protein (I am coeliac so I follow a gluten free diet – which was diagnosed around the same time as my bipolar disorder), and regular outdoor exercise (the sunlight is great for circadian rhythms and vitamin D as well), plus 10 mins of yoga daily . 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