Comments on: Can people with bipolar disorder recover? http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2010/06/bipolar-disorder-recovery/ Perspectives on Masculinity - from men committed to growth Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: geraldine hale http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2010/06/bipolar-disorder-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-564 geraldine hale Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:14:59 +0000 http://mankindprojectjournal.org/?p=1702#comment-564 i suffer from biplar1 and have recently had my 4 year old son removed from my care because i had a recent hospital addmission,i am at times severly ill but with care and most of all medication and a great support team i am learning after 10 years to live with my ill illness,i have been to court 8 times so far to return my son home as i also have 2 other children that i am perfectly ale to look after,i have good days and bad but living with the illness is my hardest challenge to date,i will keep fighting for not just myself but for many sufferes who are also in this position,i am confident that my son will come home and i will never recover but can b accepted in society and as a normal person-mother... i suffer from biplar1 and have recently had my 4 year old son removed from my care because i had a recent hospital addmission,i am at times severly ill but with care and most of all medication and a great support team i am learning after 10 years to live with my ill illness,i have been to court 8 times so far to return my son home as i also have 2 other children that i am perfectly ale to look after,i have good days and bad but living with the illness is my hardest challenge to date,i will keep fighting for not just myself but for many sufferes who are also in this position,i am confident that my son will come home and i will never recover but can b accepted in society and as a normal person-mother…

]]> By: Matthew http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2010/06/bipolar-disorder-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Matthew Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:00:26 +0000 http://mankindprojectjournal.org/?p=1702#comment-16 I wanted to add that the bipolar episodes I had now eleven years ago was thought by a psychiatrist to have been "set off" by taking the drug Celexa which was new on the market at the time. I got the medication from a family practitioner who said it would help me with anxiety. If this is accurate, and there have been many who reported severe negative reactions including psychosis, suicide, homicide, and violence. For me it was seizures, very rapid mood swings, inabilty sleep, manically working. But had not had these symptoms before taking Celexa. If this is the cause we must also look into the possibilty that the blind dishing out of these drugs may be doing more harm than good. Good counseling was about loving myself, reparenting myself, learning to self sooth, connecting to a peaceful place in myself many of the New Agey things ridiculed by our culture and not prescribed by doctors. If anyone out their has a condition or disability I can stress this enough: take charge of your own treatment, learn about the meds and their risks, and do what you need to do to recover, and love yourself. I wanted to add that the bipolar episodes I had now eleven years ago was thought by a psychiatrist to have been “set off” by taking the drug Celexa which was new on the market at the time. I got the medication from a family practitioner who said it would help me with anxiety. If this is accurate, and there have been many who reported severe negative reactions including psychosis, suicide, homicide, and violence. For me it was seizures, very rapid mood swings, inabilty sleep, manically working. But had not had these symptoms before taking Celexa. If this is the cause we must also look into the possibilty that the blind dishing out of these drugs may be doing more harm than good. Good counseling was about loving myself, reparenting myself, learning to self sooth, connecting to a peaceful place in myself many of the New Agey things ridiculed by our culture and not prescribed by doctors. If anyone out their has a condition or disability I can stress this enough: take charge of your own treatment, learn about the meds and their risks, and do what you need to do to recover, and love yourself.

]]> By: Matthew http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2010/06/bipolar-disorder-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Matthew Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:59:26 +0000 http://mankindprojectjournal.org/?p=1702#comment-15 I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder, a less severe version of the condition. But have "recovered". I stuck with the same psychologist for over ten years. His opinion is it is misdiagnosed and what I experienced was really a reaction to trauma rather than a genetic disease. My opinion is I might have the condition. I had a recurrance three years ago during a very stressful time and began taking mediction again, then went off. Besides that recurrance I have had sleeplessness and hyperactivity sometimes but nothing that I could not deal with. In my opinion bipolar 2 and many other mental conditions are treated with meds because the pharmaceuticals have a monopoly on mental health care. The drugs Depokate, Buspar, Paxil mix would cost over $500 until my doctor placed me on Medicaid knowing I was running out of money and very unstable during the early diagnosis. My diagnosis was BP2 and Post Traumstic Stress Disorder. But as I dealt with abuse and neglect issues, childhood trauma, took care of myself I got better. I would have rather had my $500 I was wasting on Meds go to paying for more psychological counseling!!!! Because that is what proved effective but most insurance companies will not cover counseling but will cover drugs. Something is wrong with this picture. With the new Health Bill Law passed we as a culture must really look at the inadequate treatment people with Mental disabilities receive and if it is even appropriate to have a diagnosis that consigns them to taking drugs that may or may not be necessary for life. Many may need these drugs. I have proven MOST of the time I don't. I recovered and I am a healthy person again who can function and contribute to our society. I give credit to good counseling and not toxic and expensive medications. I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder, a less severe version of the condition. But have “recovered”. I stuck with the same psychologist for over ten years. His opinion is it is misdiagnosed and what I experienced was really a reaction to trauma rather than a genetic disease. My opinion is I might have the condition. I had a recurrance three years ago during a very stressful time and began taking mediction again, then went off. Besides that recurrance I have had sleeplessness and hyperactivity sometimes but nothing that I could not deal with. In my opinion bipolar 2 and many other mental conditions are treated with meds because the pharmaceuticals have a monopoly on mental health care. The drugs Depokate, Buspar, Paxil mix would cost over $500 until my doctor placed me on Medicaid knowing I was running out of money and very unstable during the early diagnosis. My diagnosis was BP2 and Post Traumstic Stress Disorder. But as I dealt with abuse and neglect issues, childhood trauma, took care of myself I got better. I would have rather had my $500 I was wasting on Meds go to paying for more psychological counseling!!!! Because that is what proved effective but most insurance companies will not cover counseling but will cover drugs. Something is wrong with this picture. With the new Health Bill Law passed we as a culture must really look at the inadequate treatment people with Mental disabilities receive and if it is even appropriate to have a diagnosis that consigns them to taking drugs that may or may not be necessary for life. Many may need these drugs. I have proven MOST of the time I don’t. I recovered and I am a healthy person again who can function and contribute to our society. I give credit to good counseling and not toxic and expensive medications.

]]> By: ldjason http://mankindprojectjournal.org/2010/06/bipolar-disorder-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-14 ldjason Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:53:40 +0000 http://mankindprojectjournal.org/?p=1702#comment-14 I believe it shouldn't be too hard to accept the basic potential of recovery as laid out in twelve step progrmas for percieving the recovery of bipolar. * Never lose the potential for going back to the active pattern *Millions of people with no particular qualities (eg. will) recover and live out high functioning lives as long as they do some things---all of which are basically a healthy way for anyone to live. They include: * Having a support system (for me MKP is the best for this purpose) * Be of service to people As someone who has bd1, I can szay that I am a bit incorrigible, but fully recovered, and that MKP has been a huge part of that. I believe it shouldn’t be too hard to accept the basic potential of recovery as laid out in twelve step progrmas for percieving the recovery of bipolar.

* Never lose the potential for going back to the active pattern
*Millions of people with no particular qualities (eg. will) recover and live out high functioning lives as long as they do some things—all of which are basically a healthy way for anyone to live. They include:
* Having a support system (for me MKP is the best for this purpose)
* Be of service to people

As someone who has bd1, I can szay that I am a bit incorrigible, but fully recovered, and that MKP has been a huge part of that.

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