Manic Depression

Hi, I am Manic Depressive/Bi-Polar.

I was diagnosed later in life, as a young adult. This should have been diagnosed when I was a teenager, but things were not discussed as much back then. I took medicine for years and have not been on medicine for a very long time.

I do not recommend this to anyone. This is what happened with my life. I may have been misdiagnosed, but when I have certain outbursts, I declare they were correct in their diagnosis.

Do the factors play in diagnosis with women? They sure do. What about hormones? Don’t hormones cause women to have major mood swings, depression, lack of sleep, etc? I am not saying that people should argue when they are clearly diagnosed with Manic Depression, not at all. They should listen to their doctors and/or therapists. However; if given medication, insist on seeing someone and having bloodwork done on a regular basis. You want to make sure that the medicine is working as it should and you do not want to become toxic. Some doctors administer drugs and send us on a merry way, and we do not see anyone for months, and when we do, we are worse, sometimes. It is our right to tell our doctors how we want our care to go. Yes, doctors can diagnose things and give medicine, but we are the ones who go home and feel whatever it is that we feel. We have the right to feel great and be treated as such. We play a big factor in recovery of anything that happens to us and Manic Depression is a very touchy one for anyone to play with. Yeah, I doubted the doctors and tried to do it on my own, but was this a wise decision for me? Not really. I have since kept in touch with people who are experienced in this area, among other things, such as OCD, which I will write in anotherarticle. It is very important to see people who are professionally trained in this area and another thing that will not help someone who is Manic Depressive is drinking or drugging. Our brain chemicals already have an in-balance. We do not need any extra stresses on this.

I have found that by eating right and getting enough sleep, this can help a lot. Exercise is very helpful, too. Along with other treatments.

When have we had enough misery? Well, that is up to each person. I guess I used to love misery and was a glutton for punishment, so to speak. I learned the hard way too many times. At some point, we get very tired of hitting that same brick wall. It looks the same, and we cannot break it down. So, this time, I am going to go down a road that has some new things, new signs to follow, and am not going to fall into the manhole this time. Are you with me? I want a happy, healthy life and I deserve to have one. So do you! We can all do anything that we put our mind to.