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I thought this would make an excellent topic. I happen to take medication for my depression and mania (bi-polar). I'm forced to take them. Who here has been on meds or on them now?

I have I stopped em myself and did some major life changing a year and a half on I'm 100% fine I was on prozac and gonna be put on citalopram but with a little help and a good kick in the teeth from a very good friend I think I'm cured. I'm not sayin this is right for everyone I'd tried to stop my meds before and without the support of others and lots to keep your mind off yourself don't attempt it! I also wasn't too severe I knew why I was depressed it wasn't like a chemical imbalance thing and I wasn't the kind of manic depressive who halucinates and stuff that's nearer schizophrenia which my mum has which MUST be treated with meds (lithium)

I can only speak for myself. I was diagnosed depression of the chemical imbalance sort later in life. Tried on several meds before setteling on Prozac. For me, it allowed me to finish my schooling and become a decent helpmeet for my wife, (poor gal put up with a lot.) 4 times now I have weened myself from the Prozac, and within 3 months, each time, I had to restart it.
As I understand it, BiPolar is quite serious, and from what I gather, you are young. You are now building an educational, emotional, (oh god, I sound like my parents!), social and whatever else foundation for the rest of your life. It is an important time to get things under control.
Best of luck! You sound like a great guy.

hmm, seems more like a private thing. Thankfully I'm not on anything. I'd rather be truthfully fucked up than a fake happy person.

I would give the world to have natural happiness, but the meds I'm taking make my happiness artifical, and that pisses me off.

im on meds for my depression, ive been on alot and the ones im on right now are messing with me. cuz i had to up them then went back down do to lack of money and im going back up on them soon again cuz we have money now but it tends to really mess with ur head.

I just don't think it's worth it. Too many people around me immediately jump to medications when they don't feel well. There are other answers but people seem for some reason afraid of even trying them. It just seems odd that people would rather poison their bodies with mind and spirit altering drugs to keep themselves happy rather than try accupuncture, therapy, message, and many many other methods that can be proven to help immensly.
I was not too long ago at a crossroad, I could take pills to keep my depression away or I could go into intense therapy every week and dig through myself to find the problem. And it sucked, I chose therapy and it was hard, some days I went home wanting to die. But in the end I found out who I was and I realized it wasn't just a condition, not just depression, not just chemicals. I found out how to go inside my body and turn those chemicals off. That woman was an artist the way she helped me transform myself.

yeah im in theaopy too. but cant go much due to lack of money. somepeople need both meds and theaopy and some need one or the other. it all depends on the person. i hope that someday i wont need meds. im learning how to control and figure things out and how to make my self happy which is a good thing.