Comments on: Salted Lithium Year Two First Post Coda: Feeling Sucks

By: thordora

thordora — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:13:18 +0000

I’ve accepted the knowledge that my life includes those little pink pills that stick in my throat.

I was one pill less for my dose the other day, and I noticed the difference immediately-my rage came back like a bear. It reminded me that I’m only “better” because of those little things. I still have bad days, but instead of falling in a hole, it’s like tripping over a twig. It still hurts, but I can get up.

By: Gabriel...

Gabriel... — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:32:32 +0000

Usher it in indeed…

After I was first prescribed the medications I took them for six weeks, did well on a few tests and a high school project and stopped taking them. For the next eighteen years I was pretty much convinced that all I had to do to get better was take them for a few months, at which point I’d be “okay”. I knew I’d have to take them for the rest of my life, but to get “better” it was just a matter of weeks and months.

That’s the trap… after taking them for a few months a lot of people get fed up waiting for normalcy to appear, or start thinking they’re Normal because the suicidal tendencies haven’t occurred with the same frequency.

I am stunned that I’ve made it this far because ten years ago, three years ago and six months ago I didn’t realize This Far even existed.

By: mercurial scribe

mercurial scribe — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:55:14 +0000

Damn I’m glad I’m not the only one who went through this several-years thing. Mine was from 2001-2006. This year was the first year I felt… well… alive. Totally present, totally living in the current instead of a) however my brain decided I was living at the time or b) dwelling on events long past. But you’re right, it’s the normal part of rehab from this horrible disease.

Usher in the normalcy, eh? ;-)

By: Extrememoo

Extrememoo — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:05:37 +0000

Awesome song. Your post reminds me of the days I wasn’t taking medication. The depressive episodes did last much longer with me. About 2/3 of the time I was depressive but when the mania came there was no stopping me. Although I still have more to learn and experience because I’m still only at the initial stages of getting used to the meds.

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