So, you’re faced with often terrible withdrawal effects as your brain re-adjusts without the med and then have to begin something new…hoping it will work. If this isn’t bad enough, there’s also the fear that our meds will lose their ability to be effective and will need to be changed (like mine are right now). According to Healthgrades: “Some drugs (and combinations of drugs) are linked to higher risks of obesity, diabetes, heart problems, thyroid disorders, kidney problems, and other chronic illnesses, all of which can shorten lifespan when left untreated.” And of course there are withdrawal effects when the med is stopped. It’s the same with my meds in that they affect my neurotransmitters and chemical balances however, I NEED the meds to do this or my bipolar would be completely out of control. “When someone abruptly quits drinking, the neurotransmitters are no longer inhibited by alcohol and the brain scrambles to adjust to the new chemical imbalance – causing the debilitating side effects of withdrawal which are separate from the “feel good” effects of alcohol consumption.” Take a look-see at this from Alcohol Rehab Guide: You know, in a way it’s like being an alcoholic: you need the ‘chemical’ to balance yourself. Psychotropic meds are scary simply for the fact they are operating on your actual brain functioning…your center so to speak. yearly and no fewer than 35,000 people die because of this. According to the CDC, more than 2.8 million of these antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the U.S. Look at what we’re seeing in terms of conditions that have altered their chemistry as a result of the over-use of antibiotics. On the same note, having to rely on meds to control this illness is scary too, although I realize that all meds can be scary. Silhouetted profile with pills forming a brain’s outline It gets old to be blamed for a condition you have…and it’s gets old for having to apologize for it over and over again. There’s no question that these are biological in nature…I don’t think anyone would dare say that those with Alzheimer’s are just being dramatic and if they would just try, their memory and associated physical conditions would miraculously return to normal. There are lots of times this happens with ‘accepted’ disorders/illnesses/diseases: Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bell’s Palsy, and Parkinson’s to name just a few. Now, do we understand exactly WHY this happens? Nope. Various medical tests including MRI’s and CT’s show dramatic differences between healthy brains and bipolar brains and being a neurological illness, it literally changes how the brain operates. Bipolar is a biologically based illness…period. One of my biggest fears is that I’ll never find anyone in my life (outside of my wonderfully supportive family who truly does understand this 🥰) who will be able to fully understand that having bipolar is not a character flaw, a weakness, a manipulative ploy to control them. Those of us who have bipolar…or any mental illness…experience a lot of fears and if we can’t admit to them…talk about them…be validated for them…we feel yet another piece of additional guilt added on to an already huge list of things we have to feel bad about. Right? 😳 (Note to self: order some cute safari shorts…) I WOULD, however, most likely stand in that spot, paralyzed, with pee running down my safari shorts. Look, if a tiger was charging at me full-speed with fangs gleaming and roars emanating, I would NOT advance. But, it also puts an onus of responsibility on people to never think they have a right to buckle…to stress…to become overwhelmed which to me are very human reactions to fearful situations that need to be expressed and validated. Now, I understand what he was saying: you don’t want fear to paralyze you to where you can’t keep advancing but instead move backwards, and in the context of the Great Depression, this is probably sound advice. “You have nothing to fear but fear itself.” This gem was first said by President Roosevelt in 1933 (after being swiped from Thoreau 😳 ) and I don’t want to be disrespectful but this is a crock of crap 💩.
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