RE: Can someone help me? I'm trying to open my mind to new ideas about Refugees
November 29, 2015 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2015 at 10:27 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 29, 2015 at 7:21 am)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote: Being misdiagnosed as bi polar is an extremely dangerous thing[...]
From personal experience I can agree and say, yes, yes it is.
I was misdiagnosed with Bi Polar disorder and heavily medicated for 7 years... after 8 weeks of my first breakdown I was put on lithium at age 18, 4 years later they still hadn't weaned me off it because every time they reduced the dosage they put it back up to manage the lithium levels.... so after 4 years on it I ODed on it and ever since then I've been off it. They were never willing to put me back on it again after that because it's one of the most dangerous things you can OD on.
I wish I'd never made that suicide attempt but I shudder to think that I might never have otherwise gotten off that strong and intense medication.