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|So trapped (why I want to go off my meds) for carers

BunniekinsSenior Contributor09 Oct 2018, 7:13 am AEDT

|So trapped (why I want to go off my meds) for carers

Hi I read on the forums that alot of carers do not understand why their son, daughter, mother etc. go off their meds and do not understand why that is considering the meds control the worst of the symptoms of the mental illness.

I can ony speak for myself as someone who has bipolar1 and schizoaffective disorder but imagine being a wild brumby and having to wear a bridle 24 hours a day .... that is what it is like. You do it because you have to otherwise you are back in hospital or worse .... you put on weight (a lot) are sleepy and see someone in the mirror who is not you anymore.

6 of one half a dozen of the other. Having to take these medications are not easy to do but we do them so when carers (and I am one myself too of my son) wonder why we fall off and stop taking them (again) it is not that we are selfish or bad we are just dealing with an awful situation where there are no winners.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor14 Oct 2018, 7:36 pm AEDT

Re: |So trapped (why I want to go off my meds) for carers

I love birds @Elin xx

Hello @Bunniekins, @31Bettyboo, @Mon0497, @Myla, @Adge

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor14 Oct 2018, 9:28 pm AEDT

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Hi @Shaz51

@Elin

Love that you made carrot cake. I have not baked in a long while as we did not have an oven and then the family went off sweets.

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ElinSenior Contributor14 Oct 2018, 10:40 pm AEDT

Re: |So trapped (why I want to go off my meds) for carers

@Shaz51 Thanks so much for that explanation, now I am not so confused. The
carrot cake is half eaten I put the other half in the freezer for a rainy
day. We have had many Koels calling today, they often do that when it is
going to rain we have found, but the bird books don't say that. Anyway, I
should be in bed way past my bedtime and I have to get up early, so thanks
again.

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