{"id":4096,"date":"2011-09-05T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T17:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:22","slug":"why-do-people-with-bipolar-disorder-go-off-their-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/why-do-people-with-bipolar-disorder-go-off-their-meds\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do People with Bipolar Disorder Go Off Their Meds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0I recently wrote a blog for BP Magazine on this topic- and there were 107 comments. That is pretty amazing. Reading the comments reminds me why I have to stay on my meds. If you\u2019re thinking of going off or have done so in the past, these comments really help! If you care about someone with bipolar, maybe they will read the blog and the comments to get more support in staying on meds. And if you care about someone who refuses meds, this will at least give you insight into why people go on and off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I even have trouble-\u00a0 Lamictal saves my life. I know what it\u2019s like when I don\u2019t have enough in my system and yet I still make mistakes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Here is the <a title=\"Why do people with bipolar disorder go off their meds? \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.com\/bphopeblog\/post\/Why-Do-People-with-Bipolar-Disorder-Go-Off-Their-Meds.aspx#comment\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to the blog- there is a comment tab at the bottom.\u00a0 107 comments!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Julie<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4100\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4100\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4100\" title=\"Why do people with bipolar disorder go off their meds? \" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Why do people with bipolar disorder go off their meds? \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><p id=\"caption-attachment-4100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">mmm. I don&#39;t think this is Lamictal! <\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I recently wrote a blog for BP Magazine on this topic- and there were 107 comments. That is pretty amazing. Reading the comments reminds me why I have to stay on my meds. If you\u2019re thinking of going off or have done so in the past, these comments really help! If you care about someone with bipolar, maybe they will read the blog and the comments to get more support in staying on meds. And if you care about someone who refuses meds, this will at least give you insight into why people go on and off.<\/p>\n<p>I even have trouble- Lamictal saves my life. I know what it\u2019s like when I don\u2019t have enough in my system and yet I still make mistakes!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a title=\"Why do people with bipolar disorder go off their meds? \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.com\/bphopeblog\/post\/Why-Do-People-with-Bipolar-Disorder-Go-Off-Their-Meds.aspx#comment\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to the blog- there is a comment tab at the bottom. 107 comments!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/why-do-people-with-bipolar-disorder-go-off-their-meds\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11648,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/11648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}