If you are bipolar can you be cured or are you on lifelong medication?

Question

If you are bipolar can you be cured or are you on lifelong medication?

Answer 1

Lifelong medication. There are different types of bipolar disorders, and unique experiences by individuals. This disorder is caused by an imbalanced of neurotransmitters, which affect thought and mood. You cannot simply "counsel" someone out of bipolar disorder anymore than you can "will" a car to start up without gas in the tank.

The idea of medications is to "stabilize" the right neurotransmitters, so that the nervous system in the brain performs like it should.

Answer 2

Dear "wise old bird"

go to google.co.uk and type in:  bipolar+cure

you will be helped with a variety of views.

Good luck

Answer 3

I was diagnosed Bi-polar ten years ago, and have been on meds ever since. There has been the occational brief time where I think I am better and don't need the meds.... what a disaster! I am off the meds for a short time, and get all messed up. I have come to terms with the fact that I am on meds for the rest of my life.

Answer 4

I would say it depends on the type of Bipolar you are. If Bipolar One type, like me, then I would say you should be taking medication everyday for your Bipolar Disorder, to control your mood swings.

Answer 5

I don't know if you can call it a cure for bipolar but it can definitely be managed without medication. You need to change your way of thinking. God has everything to do with giving me the strength I need and showing me how to think positive. I went from 21 pills a day for a few years to no medication at all for 7 years and I'm doing great! Some days I get a little depressed but I am quickly reminded of how blessed I am to have the life I do now and I keep thinking positive thoughts. Medication made me worse. As soon as I quit taking medication and really listened to what God was trying to tell me, I became a different person. Leave your burdens in God's hands. He will give you everything you need to live a happy life, you just need to ask Him to help you.  Take care.

Answer 6

Neither.

Bipolar cannot be cured, but many people including myself do successfully manage it without medication.

And I think it's unfortunate and detrimental to people with bipolar that most doctors tell you your only option is drugs.

Answer 7

Bipolar disorder can be controlled, and if you focus on that fact, it's as close as a cure there exists right now. It's really a psychological thing and about self-acceptance. Be in company who understand and support you and stay positive.

Answer 8

There is no cure for Bipolar and yes lifelong medication is the only answer just like having high blood pressure. its as normal as that.

Answer 9

there is no cure, however there are tablets which can EASE symptoms.

to be honest, it affects the family more!!

it can be a pain!!!

Answer 10

Depends on how severe, but it's possible to live a normal life off medication, it just takes a lot of work. Right now they just don't know enough about this disorder to have very good meds, in my opinion, which is why I'm bipolar but I still don't take medicine.

Answer 11

You will always be on medication - that is, if you want to live a somewhat normal life. Bipolar isn't something that can be "cured" as it is a physiological condition within the brain itself.

And assuming that somewhere down the road, there isn't a medical "breakthrough" which is, of course, possible.

Answer 12

There is no cure for bipolar disorder.  Cyclothymia, which is not bipolar but looks like a very mild form of it, does not require medication.  Some w/this are misdiagnosed and so think they are bipolar but don't need meds.  Same holds with borderline personality disorder which looks like bipolar as well.  Some people self-diagnose themselves as bipolar and that means little.  Then there are some younger people with a mild form of bipolar who believe that they can manage the illness with alternative means and without medication.  The problem with that approach is that bipolar is a progressive illness.  Eventually, as they age, the symptoms will worsen and they will either need medication or remain in denial and live a rough life creating more havoc for those they love.  Ironically, if they started meds sooner, they'd need less later, but you can't teach people what they don't want to know.

Bipolar is a physiological illness.  It is a medical condition that effects mood, energy, and cognition.  Meds are the best we have at halting or slowing the progression and smoothing out the swings.  Healthy lifestyle, diet, exercise, therapy, additional alternative practices like meditation can help lower the amount of meds, but it's naivety to believe benefits from these supplant those of medication.

I have bipolar and regret those unmedicated years.

Answer 13

life long medication..