back on my meds

[Lookingforhope20100]

So I'm back on my meds and I feel great! my psychiatrist wasn't going to put me back on my meds the ones that made me feel good anyway, it's like she wanted me to feel like crap and I did for a week before I finally had enough of feeling like crap and called my primary care doctor. He put me back on my meds and now I feel better, more normal but one of the medications my psychiatrist took me off of is addictive so she told my primary care doctor that I'm addicted to it which is not true. she said that because I couldn't wait three weeks to get back on my medication. but I later found out that she wasn't going to give back the medication my doctor had put me on and that she was going to try new meds but I didn't want new medications I liked the old ones so I told her to stuff it and walked out. I still have my problems with anger but my bipolar is getting better I feel less manic and more stable. I wasn't about to let her make me feel like crap until she found the right combo of medications so needless to say I'm looking for a new psychiatrist. but my days are getting better and I feel more confident in myself and I have the energy to do all the things I want to do. so am I an addict because I like the way my medication makes me feel? I feel so good everyday that I feel like I can finally stay sober.

[Agora1]

Addict?? No Dependent?? Possibly We need to be functional in our lives and as long as you

are under your doctor's care, so be it. Good Luck xx

[Danceruby]

I think we know what we need. Taking you off anything cold is wrong. You have to slowly eliminate the drug from your brain. I have been on the same med for 30 years. Every now and then I wean myself off and the depression comes back. Constant memories of the abuse my kids and I suffered at the hands of an alcoholic. Makes me suicidal. So listen to what your mind and body are telling you. Glad you had your primary Dr. Hang in. Keep on getting better.