how much does bipolar medication alter your personality?
i’m just wondering, because i think my mom is bipolar and i go through these weird super super happy one day, almost depressed the next things, so i think i might have it mildly. and i’m just wondering, how much does the medication alter your personality? because i don’t think i’m gonna go to a doctor or anything because it isn’t bad at all, but if i do i don’t want to go on meds that are gonna change who i am.
i’m just wondering cuz it seems like i go from one personality to the next. i probably don’t have it, and if i do it’s really mild. i’m just curious
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they don’t change your personality, though they can have other effects that your doctor can tell you about.
I have Depression and I take Prozac. It hasn’t changed me in a bad way, just made me more positive. I heard Lithuim (a drug for bipolar) works very well.
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That all depends on what meds they put you on. I took Depakote and zoloft. I was a zombie. Some are better than others. It also can be a low dose of a strong med that works best for you. Alot of times with stuff like that it is trial and error to see what works the best.
if you mom is taking bipolar meds and she still on a roller coaster… it will take upto 10 days for the medicine to work and after that if she is still like that she needs to tell the doctor so they can change her meds. hope all goes well
It doesn’t change your personality. That is just one of many excuses bipolar people use to stop their medication. I take lithium and lamictal and it didn’t change anything. You can’t be bipolar from switching from one extreme to the other in one day. Manic/depressed/mixed episodes last for 1-3 months usually unless there is a medical intervention.
Some will, some won’t. It isn’t going to turn Anna in Jane (if you get what I’m saying).. They only helped me for the better. Good luck.
They don’t change you’re personality, they stabilize your mood. And what you’re describing sounds like mood swings. Bipolar episodes last more than a day or two. They last from weeks to months.
People confuse mood with emotion….. mood affects everything about you. Your energy level, sleep patterns, appetite, emotional response (which emotions you feel and how strongly), your judgment, sexual appetite, etc……. Bipolar is not about being happy one minute then sad the next then mad, that is just having emotions….. The mood swings in Bipolar last a very long time, weeks to months to years and the average Bipolar only swings once or twice a year.
People never never understand the true severity of bipolar disorder. They also do not understand that for an “episode” to be considered Bipolar it has to last all day every day for a week……. That’s the minimum, in reality the episodes last for weeks or months or even years. There are cases where a person can have more than one or two episodes a year but it is really rare. Also you HAVE TO HAVE the mania (or hypomania) for it to be bipolar. Without mania it is just recurring depression.
This is what Bipolar is like for me.
Depression- to tired to get out of bed, shower, brush your teeth….. lie in bed and stare at the ceiling for days at a time, crying a lot, feelings of guilt, and self loathing, may be suicidal but are too tired to even consider planning it, sleep 16 hours a day or more, eating too much or not enough.
Manic – over the moon happy, hypersexual (like masturbating 10 times a day or sleeping with numerous men, strangers, your cousin…….decide you are bi because then there are twice as many people to have sex with, decide you are into BDSM and contract to be someones slave for a week), spending your mortgage money on african violets (or some other useless things), driving your car 120 mph, grandiose thoughts (like thinking you can put a new furnace in your house by yourself), quitting your job because you are buying lottery tickets with your last paycheck and you know you will win…… only sleep 2 or 3 hours a night and feel completely rested, can’t concentrate, racing thoughts (it sounds like 50 people in your head all talking at the same time).