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LJ Idol - Week 6 - Sunrise

Dec 02, 2009 23:41

In early 2007 I was in the midst of some of the darkest times of my life. I'd been on medication for bipolar disorder for almost 5 years, hadn't worked or gone to school in over 3 years, and barely left my house. Part of my problems were the medications I was on. My body had been drugged for so long that I became lethargic, it happened slowly over ( Read more... )

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alycewilson December 3 2009, 07:35:47 UTC

Cool! I bet you have a lot of great stories.

luchalibrarian December 4 2009, 00:54:20 UTC

I do. It's made my life complete, as cheesy as that sounds. :-D

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luchalibrarian December 4 2009, 00:55:42 UTC

Lots of people don't believe that the meds can do that to you, or that it's like withdrawl from heroin or something to get off of them. Ugh.

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luchalibrarian December 5 2009, 01:44:45 UTC

Ugh, that sucks. I hope the one that's making you feel horrible starts working to help, or you're able to stop taking it. *hugs*

vagabondshoes December 3 2009, 15:17:52 UTC

Wow, I think we must've become lj friends sometime in 2007-ish, but I didn't realize you were going through this or that bipolar meds could do that to a person. Thanks for sharing your story :)

luchalibrarian December 4 2009, 00:56:33 UTC

Any meds can do that to you, really. But anti-depressants, mood stabilizers and such effect brain chemistry, so they really do alter you and not always in good ways. I was on one for a very short time that made me incredibly violent, so yeah.

plastrickland23 December 3 2009, 20:40:57 UTC

OK...Now I get your LJ name. Lucha...Spanish word for fight / wrestle. Are you Latino and a librarian? P.

luchalibrarian December 4 2009, 00:57:54 UTC

Actually, wrestling is lucha libre. ;-D I got my name from a joke at ACW, actually. Our ring announcer announced someone in Spanish and then said "What? I'm no lucha librarian!" and I loved it, so I took it. And no, I'm pretty darn white and am an English major, not an actual librarian.

geniusinmaine December 3 2009, 20:47:23 UTC

I almost got put on antidepressants a year and a half ago. I don't know if I could have dealt with feeling that lethargic.

luchalibrarian December 4 2009, 00:59:33 UTC

They don't *all* do that. But I was on an anti-depressant and a mood stablizer, and med levels had been adjusted throughout the five years I was on them. So for me, the combination after so long was more of a detriment than a help. There are tons more common side effects that suck just as much. :-(