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Whispered Secret · 28-02-2012, 01:09 AM

Ok, so I haven't taken my bipolar meds in nearly a week. I know I should take them, the first few days I was adamant I was doing the right thing then as the days have gone on I've become more and more unsure because of the pressures of finals and the risk I know I'm taking with having an episode before finals. I have told my main welfare people that I'm off them, but I haven't told my GP/psych. I don't really want to tell me GP because I know that I'll get the same lecture about what they are there for etc and I know all of that, and I understand it and it would be a waste of his time to see him. But I am wondering about whether I should contact my psych. Do I need to contact them just to tell them I'm off them- i.e. does coming off them count as a crisis point, or do I only need to contact them if I've been off them and then get symptoms? Really not sure what to do. I've only got just under two weeks before I go home for the holidays, I don't even know if they'd be able to see me before then even if they wanted to.

I nearly took one tonight. I got it out of it's blister and I had a glass of water I could have it with. But I just couldn't get as far as actually taking it. It's stupid. I know I'm playing russian roulette. And I know I should take them. I'm not trying to be some petulent 14 yr old, I'm nearly 21 for christ's sake and should know better, but I dunno. It's noe being self sabotaging, I know that because I'm willing to go back on them at some point. I just don't know when that point is.

So yeah, should I contact my psych? And if I do how do I go about it in terms of what do I say? Will I have to see them?

28-02-2012, 01:09 AM	#1
Whispered Secret Join Date: Apr 2008	Come off meds - crisis? Ok, so I haven't taken my bipolar meds in nearly a week. I know I should take them, the first few days I was adamant I was doing the right thing then as the days have gone on I've become more and more unsure because of the pressures of finals and the risk I know I'm taking with having an episode before finals. I have told my main welfare people that I'm off them, but I haven't told my GP/psych. I don't really want to tell me GP because I know that I'll get the same lecture about what they are there for etc and I know all of that, and I understand it and it would be a waste of his time to see him. But I am wondering about whether I should contact my psych. Do I need to contact them just to tell them I'm off them- i.e. does coming off them count as a crisis point, or do I only need to contact them if I've been off them and then get symptoms? Really not sure what to do. I've only got just under two weeks before I go home for the holidays, I don't even know if they'd be able to see me before then even if they wanted to. I nearly took one tonight. I got it out of it's blister and I had a glass of water I could have it with. But I just couldn't get as far as actually taking it. It's stupid. I know I'm playing russian roulette. And I know I should take them. I'm not trying to be some petulent 14 yr old, I'm nearly 21 for christ's sake and should know better, but I dunno. It's noe being self sabotaging, I know that because I'm willing to go back on them at some point. I just don't know when that point is. So yeah, should I contact my psych? And if I do how do I go about it in terms of what do I say? Will I have to see them?
Whispered Secret Join Date: Apr 2008	"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living."