Don't Listen to This About Your Bipolar Medications
Published: Sun, 05/31/09
Hi ,
How are you today?
I am feeling much better today. Thanks
to everyone who asked.
I was talking to my friend Stef
the other day. She is a teacher in
high school.
She was telling me that there are
so many rumors around her school
that circulate among the kids.
She says that it starts with one
kid telling another kid who tells
another kid who tells another kid
who tells another kid.
After a while one story winds up
turning into something totally
different.
Sounds kind of like the old "telephone
game" we played as children, doesn't
it?
I see this happen with bipolar disorder
as well.
I see people who heard from someone
who heard from someone who heard
from someone that a certain
medication for bipolar disorder
is bad.
I've also heard the opposite.
That someone who heard from someone
who heard from someone that a certain
medication for bipolar disorder
is good.
Well, which is it? Bad or good?
It can be so confusing, can't it?
If you listen to someone else,
instead of your own doctor,
who knows what's best for you,
you might do the wrong thing
for yourself and your stability
with your bipolar disorder.
I usually hear these things at the
support groups I volunteer at.
This person thinks that their medication
is the greatest, and that everyone
should be on it.
Well, you should be warned about
this, because what works for one
person doesn't work for another
person, and especially not for
EVERY person!
And this person definitely shouldn't
be saying something like that.
And, again, the opposite is true.
Maybe one person had a bad
experience with a certain medication.
So that person tells everyone they
talk to that this certain medication is bad.
Not just for them, but for EVERYONE!
And that NO ONE should take this
medication!
This is one of the things I teach
in my courses/systems - that only
your doctor is qualified to prescribe
your medication, and that you shouldn't
listen to anyone else tell you what
is best for you.
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Well, first of all, what this person is
doing is wrong.
And second of all, what if this person
tells that person, and that person tells
another person, and so on and so on?
Pretty soon, what might be a good
medication for someone, they're refusing
to take, just because this one person
said it's a bad medication!
You can't just take one person's word
on a medication.
What works for one person may not
work for you.
And what doesn't work for one person
may work great for you!
You just have to check with your
own doctor.
Remember that these people are only
people with bipolar disorder.
They are NOT doctors!
Have you ever had this experience?
Have you ever heard someone do this?
Have you ever listened, or seen
someone else listen?
Tell us about it below.
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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