u/NamastetsamaN

I have been keto now for the last 2.5 weeks. My grocery shop has doubled!!

Hi there,

I'm a 37 year old in Australia and I have diagnosed bipolar 1. I have been on a regimen of lithium twice a day for the last 10 years and I take olanzapine for sleep initiation about twice a week.

I was basically put on lithium without a choice and told that if I didn't take it, I'd lose my nursing registration. I've been taking the medication as I have felt to be without a choice.

I've been depressed and I've been manic. I know that there is so much for us to be aware of in ourselves but medication is a poor band aid and does not give us self awareness. I believe that bipolar while a curse of sorts is actually our gift too. Our gift is squandered in psychiatry.

I am looking to connect with fellow like minded people... I really want to discuss what we are truly capable of... That and medication free bipolar.

Much love!

I used to love reading and I'm only now just getting back into it. I've actually just finished the LOTR trilogy.

I can read a whole page and not take anything in which leads to disinterest. I am not sure if it is more memory or brain processing.

Does anyone else have this issue??

Who else has a form of PTSD from being hospitalised and losing their right of autonomy?