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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 76540" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>The book "Detour" By Lizzie Simon is great because she goes into detail about her issues with medication and interviews some highly intelligent people who are medicated and some who are not... she is traveling the US looking for her herd. Many of the people in the book are just like N... </p><p>I am to some degree, my Brother in law is a lot... he has stopped taking medications for about a year now. </p><p></p><p>He was in and out of colleges, aced tests but found the homework too boring... same story with highschool, so he drank to fill the boredom. Went into the Navy after dropping out of his first college, nulear engineering in the Navy, drank himself into A stupor... he was in the top of his program! Ran up credit card debt and finally forced a discharge. </p><p>This kind of behavior has gone on for years now. He is my age, 37. He will throw tons of money into stocks and investments and make tons of money. Hide for days in his apt... read book after book after book.</p><p>He feels the medications quash his spirit. but we can see a difference, short fuse, depression etc. </p><p>He goes to therepy and now lives with his girlfiend but we worry abotu the day if they were to ever break up...</p><p>For him the one thing that has really forced him to "deal" with dealines and schedules is guilt!!! He got sick of hurting people ... He owns the busines with my husband and stepdad. He is still really hard to work with and he and his dad both suffer from mood disorders, mt poor husband has to walk on eggshells ALOT!!!</p><p>B crashed and burned one too many times and I think that is what has really helped him, more than the medications, I wish he would keep up on the medications though.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is hard though... I have more of the ups than the severe downs.... I get down but not severly. I will be hypomanic for days though... </p><p>He is lucky to have you!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 76540, member: 3155"] The book "Detour" By Lizzie Simon is great because she goes into detail about her issues with medication and interviews some highly intelligent people who are medicated and some who are not... she is traveling the US looking for her herd. Many of the people in the book are just like N... I am to some degree, my Brother in law is a lot... he has stopped taking medications for about a year now. He was in and out of colleges, aced tests but found the homework too boring... same story with highschool, so he drank to fill the boredom. Went into the Navy after dropping out of his first college, nulear engineering in the Navy, drank himself into A stupor... he was in the top of his program! Ran up credit card debt and finally forced a discharge. This kind of behavior has gone on for years now. He is my age, 37. He will throw tons of money into stocks and investments and make tons of money. Hide for days in his apt... read book after book after book. He feels the medications quash his spirit. but we can see a difference, short fuse, depression etc. He goes to therepy and now lives with his girlfiend but we worry abotu the day if they were to ever break up... For him the one thing that has really forced him to "deal" with dealines and schedules is guilt!!! He got sick of hurting people ... He owns the busines with my husband and stepdad. He is still really hard to work with and he and his dad both suffer from mood disorders, mt poor husband has to walk on eggshells ALOT!!! B crashed and burned one too many times and I think that is what has really helped him, more than the medications, I wish he would keep up on the medications though. It is hard though... I have more of the ups than the severe downs.... I get down but not severly. I will be hypomanic for days though... He is lucky to have you!!! [/QUOTE]
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