One Truth About Bipolar Disorder Revealed:
Published: Tue, 05/04/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
Hope you are doing well.
Someone commented to me about my
email about medication and bipolar
disorder.
She wrote:
"While I agree with you 99% of what
you've shared, there is one piece that is
not completely accurate.
You can be compliant with your
medication, meaning taking it regularly
and as prescribed.
Yet, bipolar disorder is a mystery in
some ways.
Even on your medication you can have
an episode that throws you into mania
or depression.
While I will always advocate compliance,
it's important to not that even doing the
right thing all of the time doesn't
guarantee you will always be stable."
Wow.
I have to admit, she is 100% correct.
Unfortunately, no matter what we do it
is still possible for a relapse to occur.
That's the problem with the doctors not
knowing too much about bipolar disorder
yet:
They don't really know what will cure it
or stop it.
But it's not all just a guessing game,
either.
Scientists take a lot of time and
calculations to study which medications
will do what, and to what effectiveness.
So by the time the medications get to
us, there is a good chance that this one
medication will help someone out
tremendously.
But, once again, she is right.
Even if you are on the medication that
is best for you, there is still no
guarantee that you will never have
another episode in your entire life.
But here's the thing:
Would you rather have a chance of going
into an episode at some point, or the
almost-guarantee of cycling through
episodes on a regular basis?
Medications still serve a valuable purpose.
And it is still best practice to take your
medications and to be compliant about
the dosages and times of taking them.
See, something can always go wrong.
But it's much less likely to go that way
when you are taking your medications
than it is if you are not.
It's kind of like gambling.
You have one bet that is 75% likely to
win, and another that is 15% likely to
win.
Which do you take?
I'd personally take the one that is 75%
likely to win any day.
It just makes sense.
But it still doesn't guarantee that you've
got it.
After all, there is that other 25% that's
not in the 75%.
It's also a lot like the decision of whether
to wear your seatbelt in your car.
Sure, there's tickets to consider if you
don't.
But let's be realistic: there are much
more important reasons to wear your
seatbelt.
Your life, for instance.
Seatbelts have been known to save many
people's lives in car accidents.
But still you hear those stories of people
who walked away after an accident
when they weren't wearing their
seatbelts.
That is rare, by the way.
Or you might hear those stories where
someone actually gets hurt with the
seatbelt on in a car accident.
But you have to stop and think:
Sure, they were still hut with the
seatbelt on, but if it was that bad of a
car accident that they were thrown
into the seatbelt, then imagine where they
would have been thrown without it.
It is the same way with bipolar
medications.
It may not guarantee that you'll never have
another episode in your entire life, but
considering the odds that are up against
you either way, it is still best practices to
take them.
Life is full of uncertainties, but when you
can improve your chances, it is always
a good thing to do so.
Now, what are your thoughts on this?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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