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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 76527" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>TerryJ2,</p><p></p><p>I just finished reading a book "The Best Awful:A Novel" , by Carrie Fisher. You may remember her as Princess Leia from Star Wars. She has been very open about her Bipolar diagnosis and has written several fictional books about her issues. This one really captured the issue of not wanting to take medications or medication noncompliance for me. Quite simply, the medications take away the glorious, euphoric highs that cycling bipolars experience and crave. That's no fun! The problem is that those highs inevitably get out of control. I had a friend in college who was so creative and just so much fun to spend time with. One night he broke into my apartment around 3AM because he had some really great ideas to share with me... Luckily neither one of us got hurt when he woke me up unexpectedly. This was the beginning of a week long period when he did not sleep at all and our small group of friends took turns staying up with him until we could get him admitted to a hospital for treatment. This was quite an eyeopener for me at the time.</p><p></p><p>Medications really can control this disease very well, Lithium is a tried and true approach for many. One thing for your friend to keep in mind is that each repeated cycle does leave its mark on the brain - in a way that is very similiar to repeated, uncontrolled seizures. It is something for him to think about.</p><p></p><p>I understand your love and concern for your friend. I definitely felt the same way about mine. The very things that made him such a joy to be around were also the things that made him very ill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 76527, member: 3704"] TerryJ2, I just finished reading a book "The Best Awful:A Novel" , by Carrie Fisher. You may remember her as Princess Leia from Star Wars. She has been very open about her Bipolar diagnosis and has written several fictional books about her issues. This one really captured the issue of not wanting to take medications or medication noncompliance for me. Quite simply, the medications take away the glorious, euphoric highs that cycling bipolars experience and crave. That's no fun! The problem is that those highs inevitably get out of control. I had a friend in college who was so creative and just so much fun to spend time with. One night he broke into my apartment around 3AM because he had some really great ideas to share with me... Luckily neither one of us got hurt when he woke me up unexpectedly. This was the beginning of a week long period when he did not sleep at all and our small group of friends took turns staying up with him until we could get him admitted to a hospital for treatment. This was quite an eyeopener for me at the time. Medications really can control this disease very well, Lithium is a tried and true approach for many. One thing for your friend to keep in mind is that each repeated cycle does leave its mark on the brain - in a way that is very similiar to repeated, uncontrolled seizures. It is something for him to think about. I understand your love and concern for your friend. I definitely felt the same way about mine. The very things that made him such a joy to be around were also the things that made him very ill. [/QUOTE]
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