Living with Bipolar Disorder

I went for years not drinking alot. Everyday. When I quit, something in my brain went off & I thought I was loseing my mind! Crying, mad as fire, paranoid, suicide. And then ther were the reaqlly, reqlly high days. I was confident & could do no wrong, always right. But they never lasted. The demons always came back. I finally sought help through a government program for two years for lack of insurance when I lost my job after being diagnose bi-polar.

People were afraid of me, yet not so enough to make the Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde jokes. Their program did not work , my husband got a better paying job with benefits & am seeing a really fantastic doctor now. We went through quite a few meds too. Over the three years it was up yoo 22. My body just rejected them. Thankfully, I was able to get into the VNS Therapy [vagus nerve stimulation] along with a few other drugs we’re working to get me off of. Thank God!! Ever since the day the doc turned it pn, I am becomming the person I remember but only dreamed of . Thank God for VNS