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Guest · 07-20-2009, 11:27 PM

I'm Bipolar II - no psychosis, no delusions or hallucinations.

But I know what you mean. I can go to a party with 100 people and the one person I end up chatting with is also bipolar. Other people just don't seem fully alive...and they're generally rather dull.

I never ceases to amaze me how we pick each other out in a crowd. And it seems to me bipolars like each other.

As for medications, I could refer you to my AboutMe page: palmspringsbum - about me

In short, I never did the really bad stuff like lithium or haldol (thank god). But they did put me through the SSRIs and tricyclics. That was 20 years ago and I think I'm still recovering from the damage they did to me. Seems it's just now I'm realizing how crazy the pharmaceuticals made me. I've been a medical marijuana patient since 1995 and have used nothing but cannabis since. I do honestly believe if I knew when I was growing up what I know now I could have self-medicated with cannabis and finished college and had a (more or less) normal life and career.

07-20-2009, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Guest Guest Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 341 Thanks: 22 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	I'm Bipolar II - no psychosis, no delusions or hallucinations. But I know what you mean. I can go to a party with 100 people and the one person I end up chatting with is also bipolar. Other people just don't seem fully alive...and they're generally rather dull. I never ceases to amaze me how we pick each other out in a crowd. And it seems to me bipolars like each other. As for medications, I could refer you to my AboutMe page: palmspringsbum - about me In short, I never did the really bad stuff like lithium or haldol (thank god). But they did put me through the SSRIs and tricyclics. That was 20 years ago and I think I'm still recovering from the damage they did to me. Seems it's just now I'm realizing how crazy the pharmaceuticals made me. I've been a medical marijuana patient since 1995 and have used nothing but cannabis since. I do honestly believe if I knew when I was growing up what I know now I could have self-medicated with cannabis and finished college and had a (more or less) normal life and career.