Why bipolar people should be on meds for life! | My controversial take
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2022
- I used to be against medicating bipolar. This is why my perspective changed.
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Let me tell you. I was off meds for 12 years, trying anything I could have possibly done to naturally fix bipolar. IT DOES NOT WORK. Getting ready to get on meds again and stay on them for LIFE. I am getting dangerously close to ending my life. Bipolar is absolutely a chronic and deadly illness. I’m now accepting that and treating it as such. Bipolar is a difficult diagnosis to accept. It took me over a decade. It’s normal to think you can do something natural, but trust me, you can’t. If you could, I would have found it. I worked SO HARD to cure it naturally and I couldn’t. I even have a degree in Molecular Biology. I know a lot about the biochemistry of the body and I still couldn’t fix it. It is truly something to be medicated for, even though the side effects and journey to the right meds may suck for a while. I hope this comment can help someone else accept their diagnosis. Please don’t take as long as I did.
If you don't mind me asking, do you have type 1 or 2?
Did you ever try niacin?
Did you try intermittent fasting and keto? Of course not
Insane statement .. "ofcourse not" referring too the post what degree do you have buddy?@@Thesepeoplelieabouteverything
I strongly disagree I was able to be off medication and fixed myself naturally
I can work so please don’t discourage other people by says “oh it doesn’t work”
Even if you couldn’t cure yourself naturally I’d rather die feeling normal than live my whole life feeling like a zombie
The meds have probably saved my life and/or kept me out of serious trouble of various kinds.
Me too
@@BouchIsOnTheLoose702 I think your bipolar is not due to your head injury (or at least it could not be- you could've developed it independently of that.) Thankfully, I'm in the UK and don't have to pay for meds as I'm unable to work.
@@BouchIsOnTheLoose702 Some people can develop all sorts of symptoms such as disinhibition etc as a result of an injury, but with bipolar that is more episodic. So you might've been diagnosed with bipolar even if you hadn't had that injury, 'just' one of those things. x
I am currently stopping my medications. Sadly, I live in a country with primitive mental health care, doctors just throw meds at you with zero regard for patient well-being, and when I tell them the more I increase lamictal, the more suicidal I become, he tells me to increase further, and fills me with SSRIs and antipsychotics, with zero effect except making me feel both suicidal and like a robot. My brain is fried at this point. Been suffering for nearly two decades of quacks just filling me with crap and taking the money. I envy the western world.
Hey tell me how it’s going. I’m thinking of stopping the meds
@@Metachief_X Hi. It was a very bad idea, please reconsider and learn from my mistakes.
Thank you for being so honest and for sharing your personal growth and new research. I can relate to memory loss being so sad. I wish that I was open to getting help including pharmacological treatment as a young person. I'm in the beginning of middle age and was just diagnosed. I was so skeptical of medicine especially in mental health. I've just always been independent and preferred using more natural means to heal. I still feel that way, but with bipolar like other physical conditions, medications are life savers. I always considered myself an open minded person, but I really wasn't when it came to mental health. The people closest to me suggested it, but I always got really upset and defensive. It wasn't until I hit the bottom of the bottom in my life which I had already thought that I did, by the way, did I admit that I needed and wanted help. Then, healing could begin and I'm so grateful that I'm here now. Your honesty is very encouraging and you're helping a lot of people.
You can be misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder as it has similarities with other disorders... I think that's important to remember. I was reevaluated and had my diagnosis updated to BPD. I still take some meds, but I was able to go off the meds you can't take while pregnant. So I was able to get pregnant & had 2 healthy babies, yay! I also learned DBT skills, which I HIGHLY recommend! It helps with a range of mental health problems. I wish you all the best Lizzie, and I pray for a long and healthy life for you and all of your viewers 💕🙌
border often comes with bpol...
I also want to say bipolar disorder doesn't exist in a vacuum, life stressors and triggers can bring on an episode. I also probably have undiagnosed ADHD (my mother says my teachers flagged it in school but she never told me until recently, thanks mom) and so do a lot of other people with bipolar
So happy I've found your channel. Just started my journey a month ago.
Lizzie!!! I love your videos. They are so helpful and I was just diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder. The brain damage is RRRRREEEEEAL. And everything you said rings so true. I was hospitalized about 6 months ago. I’m learning more and more about this illness and it’s so helpful. I am on 40mg of Latuda and have been blessed that it’s been helpful and it was the first med I was prescribed. Going to keep up with your channel 🙏🏻 (also fellow Catholic here and I recently got back into my faith. What a comfort it’s been)
It's good to see you back in action!
I have complex borderline personality disorder which is bipolar and borderline personality disorder. I recently went through psychosis. My doctor recently added Abilify to my medications. I take it at night! I love it. I'm on 10 mg starting dose for reducing psychosis. Working out helps me a lot. I eat intuitively. I love your channel. Also check into Dr. Daniel Fox. He has 2 workbooks to help with skills which combine cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy and exposure commitment.
Your channel helped me tremendously with you posting about the meds and how they worked for you.
I love your takes Lizzie. And if it works for you, do it!
I want to add I am with you 100%. Please disagree and explicitly state when you’re not comfortable with a treatment plan. You are so needed and loved 😍
I love this. It’s a constant battle for me because of memory loss. However I would rather be alive for my family and friends, happy and stable, etc. I’m not sure that i’ll stay on meds for my whole life, but I’ll be on them for a loooong time. Advocate for yourself and do your research because there are tons of meds you can try.
Your explanation of the importance of meds for bipolar individuals is very appropriate.
Such an amazing video! 😊 Thank you. You made me feel better about my meds. 😊
I keep a diary to remember stuff. I've never had a good memory though, and I don't think it has to deal with my mental illness, it's just I don't have a good memory. Thank you for making a video. Lizzie, a year ago, I got a new computer. I like the calendar function on my computer, it's the only way I keep track of my appointments. Two weeks ago, I thought it was my injection appointment, it's tomorrow. (I have feet psoriasis). Before the injection, my feet would hurt so badly, I couldn't walk on them.
Thank you so much for sharing, I'm grateful for you.🌟
I have tried 16 different medications and the side effects have gotten me fired, laid off, I have been hospitalized because of meds. The only thing that has ever kept my bipolar leveled out has been medical marijuana and plant medicines to decrease inflammation because that is the main trigger of episodes as well as psychedelics that have been proven to help with depression long term and OCD in a medical setting. Rather than pills made in a lab, we are all Guinea pigs because everyone has their own brand of bipolar disorder. Everyone has to be treated differently.
What antipsychotics you took and how much? I was forced on zyprexa 20 mg in hospital due to misdiagnosis and managed to spit most of the doses out but had to tske it around 15 times. Will i recover fully?
Btw great take on inflammation. I got hospitalized twice in my life after having long sun tanning sessions in summer that i believe made my inflammation worse therefore agressive.
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If you don't mind me asking, do you have type 1 or 2?
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I agree that people should continue doing whatever keeps them well.
However: I think there’s a HUGE difference between 1) going off meds you’re currently on, 2) simply saying “I don’t need meds, I’m fine!!”, and 3) *acknowledging you are unwell and treating your bipolar symptoms with something else instead of medicine.*
It makes sense that 1) and 2) should absolutely get on and stay on meds - because their denial about their unwellness and their refusal (or inability) to be realistic about its effects pretty much guarantees 100% they’re either currently very unwell, or are about to be!
But some people do opt for 3), and have had success with it. It takes a ton of time, work, commitment, tenacity, and immense insight into one’s illness (and honestly, many of those traits prob come down to personality type moreso than pure willpower or good intentions). The “Bipolar IN Order” book/group/system is a fantastic resource for this. (Note that the creator isn’t anti-meds, but he and many others successfully manage bipolar without meds, because this approach it more useful/successful for them)
Please do not take what I am about to say as discouragement. I do not have Bipolar myself but have suffered some severe depression.
A few weekends ago, I was in severe depression and dragged myself to a Catholic Young Adult retreat and told a monk from the Servants of Christ Jesus asked me if I wanted a hand injury to be healed. I told him yes and then he brought another monk to join us in prayer. the second monk asked me if anything else was on my mind and I told him about how depressed I was. The two monks prayed for me and then I went into the adoration chapel. I sat in front of the Blessed Sacrament and caught myself fidgeting with my Rosary, which meant my hand finally worked again! I could barely move that hand for years before that retreat. I also have not been depressed since then. I didn't realize it but people tell me I am a lot more energetic and productive. Miracles are real! I can not stop sharing this story.
This video is excellent Lizzie - I'm sure that you helped a lot of people with bipolar (and even with other illnesses where the importance of staying on meds is crucial to maintaining well-being). Also, your Catholicism is a great inspiration to me - to call it beautiful would be the ultimate understatement. Am also praying regularly that you get cured. Finally, I love the mug and tote bag you offer in your store. I think I'll head over and buy them ASAP.
Where can I find her store? I don't see a link to it anywhere and the Store tab on the YT app is only showing 2 stickers.
@@ashtree5957 Under the “Comments” - below where it says “Shop Lizzies Store” - click on one of the priced items (this will take you to her store.
I follow Dr. Mary Ackerley out to Tucson-- Harvard and Johns Hopkins graduate, Psychiatrist. She ended up working with patients whose medications were not working and found out about environmental/biotoxin illness affecting the brain -- mold exposure, water damaged buildings, etc. and found that people that had bipolar, depression, anxiety--that most of her patients had been exposed to toxic mold. You can find her blogs online, she also mentions that the ONE supplement she suggests everyone take at the proper dose is high quality fish oil. My friend took the fish oil and gave her insomnia so she gave up, but Dr. Ackerly says it lowers brain inflammation and highly reduces BP symptoms. Anyone try that?
I've been on meds for 6 years and just stopped taking them because I felt I was misdiagnosed. It was a wonderful month taking only a small dosage of quetiapine (I used to take 2 more different types of medicine) , I felt like myself again. 2 months now and I still feel like myself again. But the ugly part. The ugly thoughts that made me go to the psychiatrist for the first time... I've been so irritated, I get exhausted because I need to spend all day trying not to hurt my family (with words). I hate myself.
Well said. I was told they were for life and they've kept me quite well so I'm not going to stop taking them, was never going to because I don't like being ill. People are fools to. If one doesn't suit them then there are a fair few they can try. I was eventually put on Lamotrigine in 2003 BTW and through your vids I've happened to find out they've invented an extended release version since then, so I'm going to ask for that tomorrow as it should be even better. Praise God for you. x
For decades, centuries, society created self medicating society for ptsd, depression, anxiety, which has always been alcohol.
But it need be told, others can use techniques and tactics that will destabilize a person, called thought reform. Hyperness, etc. is initiated where others taunt you. I'm very qualified in this.
Where they can induce a mental misery that's very terrible!
Stay away from alcohol and any substance that affects the mood. We need to learn to be happy anywhere, anytime. Happiness is a decision, not a circumstance.
It’s not as simple as making a decision to be happy. Please believe us.
Happiness is not a choice lol, it is all depend how much the brain is damaged, hormones, ect...learn something about mental healt
You know about my brother. I would hate to lose you, Lizzie!!
In my case I have been on meds for 4 years until one day my psychiatrist no longer prescribe me any medications, but thanks to this long medication I've been very well compared to those old times
Yes, I get it but sometimes I don’t need it…so even the doctor is ok with that…and these meds are not good for the body it’s all about not having to deal with side effects and giving the body a break…
I'm dating a bipolar person whom I love very much. He loves me. He's always very respectful and is never mean to me. He won't take meds. I really think he needs it. Any suggestions?
I don’t think that’s is true, for everyone is different…sometimes for me personally the life style is more effective than the meds….I remember being on meds and the meds didn’t do anything for me…they only work with great sleep, good diet, and exercise….otherwise they make more depressed and very suicidal…I don’t eat, I sleep a lot, my memory is very bad, I have a lot of akathisia….just meds won’t never be the answer……
Do you know at what age the brain damage is not reversible? I’m 35 and didn’t take it seriously until 2 years ago when I stopped drinking. Been diagnosed with type 2 for 10 years and like you mentioned I didn’t want to medicate for so long
I was diagnosed with bi polar. I feel like it’s a slippery slope. Either you choose medicine and stabilizing your mind or choose no medicine and to not harm your body over time
That's tough. :(
I really don’t know what to do? I’m
Quite literally scared to death :(
Very helt...my best friend went off her medicine and I miss her terribly...
Every time my psych doc tries to lower my medication, I end up in the psych ward. So now they are really afraid to lower my meds. What about children though, Lizzie? One of my medication, Depakote causes birth defects, and the doctors put me on it before realizing I was married. They pulled us in the back room and said I had to go on birth control. We went to planned parenthood; they didn't know what they were doing.
Are you Catholic?
So hard getting meds right.. takes along time
i pray they find a medication or treatment for bipolar in the future with less side effects.
Loved it. So fun. Bopilina, you are super fine 😍💗
Something that some might like to know is, when you leave this world, your soul might be here and conscious. Buddha said something like that, which not being catholic does not disqualify his remarks, where I had an experience where my instinct, gut feeling, Buddha was right. A degree can't tell you this.
Also, it's like violent suicides are one substance low in the brain, I think it's serotonin. Then passive suicide epiphren or something like that. Epinephrine??? I forgot....
But they find all this out, where people who committed suicide, they'd simply have the back of their skull cut and peeled back, cutting the skull, removing the brain and analyzing the chemical levels. Then they put the skull back on, minus the brain, sew the skin back. Not a very pleasant idea. Worse, a botched suicide, could leave one brain damaged for the rest of their life or being a vegetable, which your trapped in your own body.
There are many competent people even amateurs that actually do care. Wonderful people.
Did you watched Mickaila Peterson videos about meds?
I would have disagreed with you when I was diagnosed 14 years ago... I tried lifestyle changes for over a decade... and I mean, I really did it. Changed my lifestyle and did it well... but I had so many depressions and manias... and damaged my brain. I didn’t know it would get worse. It did. Lifestyle and supplements make it less worse maybe? But... nah... it doesn’t resolve. At all. Medication is amazing! I just wish it didn’t come with side effects.
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God bless you
My doc said it’s safe to be on Seroquel pregnant
Your doctor is wrong. Hers’s all the research on it: www.fda.gov/media/97383/download#:~:text=Quetiapine%20should%20be%20used%20during,other%20psychiatric%20disorders%20during%20pregnancy.
How would you react if all the sudden your coffee table started to talk to you? Would you be open to listening, or would you freak out and run to the doctor to put yourself on meds to suppress it? Most people would freak out because they don't have a proper context for it. Under the materialist paradigm the only context is that you're going insane. But if you understand how consciousness works then there's really nothing wrong about it, you just have an extra-open mind. What ordinary humans consider to be "hallucinations" not really hallucinations (since everything is a hallucination), they are just God's imagination - Infinite Imagination - at work in non-ordinary states of consciousness. See so the meds that suppress the hallucination is itself a hallucination... 😂
This sounds like a personal decision and it is not the right answer for everyone. Pretty much nothing is always true. Not everyone can even take meds due to their ineffectiveness. Good luck.
Is it true for you, that being adopted creates an extreme desire to have biological kids
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Look for a Natural ways to regulate, goal to eventually lower Medication. Find an amazing Naturopath, need professional help. I will pray for you, it is not easy, I have this in our Family.
Are you praying the 15 decade Rosary each day? Do you hold the true Catholic faith? Have you confessed your sins to a validly ordained priest (not ordained in the "new rite" of ordination)? So many people suffer from mental illness because they are not in a state of grace but believe that they are. I used to be one of them. Stop going to the false Novus Ordo "Mass", pray 15 decades daily, read good Catholic books, and Evangelize. I say this out of charity. I only solved my underlying issues once an individual spoke the same truth to me without mincing words.
How rude. Do you know anything about her history or faith.
@@ThePragmatist839 Do you know anything about true Charity? Those issues I listed are the most common underlying problems for people. It does not help a person who may be in a state of damnnation to suggest that they should continue shoveling down pills before they address the root spiritual issues.
Does avoiding the novus ordo mass also heal broken legs or chronic kidney disease? 😂
@@NotANameist You're confusing the spiritual with the physical, although they can be intertwined. I'm not surprised to see mockery of the Catholic faith from a modernist non-Catholic.
@@marcuscaballarius2159 Lizzie is a Catholic and so am I. Mental illnesses are real and not indicative of spiritual deficiency. The Church herself acknowledges this.
This woman thinks WAY too highly of here own voice
Matthew 10:8 Jesus said disciples (students of Christ) should heal the sick. He can heal you but you have to believe. Or your elders SHALL heal you in faith James 5:14-15. Unless of course they don't believe. The Roman Catholic dilemma.
Yeah, sure. So when you cut your finger, you just pray about it... no bandaid. If you're in a car wreck, you want the ER doctors to just lay hands on you.... NO emergency care. When you have cancer, you're going to go see Ernest Angely. You Protestants are so ridiculous and dishonest!
Yeahhh, the “if only you had more faith/believed more in God’s power” approach to mental illness became recognized as clearly wrong and gross decades ago. Good try though!
@@timothywilliams1359 Did Jesus send anyone to the doctor? Remember the ear cut off and reattached and dead raised, sick healed, etc? He never sent people to the doctor or gave them medicine, not once. Who is the example of Christianity here? Your experience or the life and example of Christ. If you say your experience then you do not truly believe in Christ as the apostles did.
@@DannyD-lr5yg When did Jesus recognize mental illness? He did not. He cast the devil out of mental cases that Satan had bound. Try reading and practicing the teachings of Christ sometime. Otherwise what's the use of being a Christian if I'm just as bound as an atheist who does not know God? Christianity provides us with promises when we operate in faith. Even Jews understand there are promises in the covenant for health and wealth and long life. If we don't believe what God has spoken we won't receive our inheritance.
Should we ignore what Christ taught and did for your experience? No! He taught us to walk in healing power Matt 10:8, James 5:14-15, Mark 16. These weren't suggestions but commands, not gifts either in these three verses above.
You need to talk less
It’s just taking drugs. Bipolar isn’t an illness.
Why do you always shout in your videos, Lizzie.