It’s normal for an individual with bipolar disorder to wonder if they can ever recover.
My doctor calls it remission. If you want to know my opinion, as someone who has dealt with bipolar symptoms since they were 12—I am positive that this illness will never go away.
That’s not even an option. And I’m not really bothered by it. I feel secure as a bipolar individual and my illness can be a gift. This is not to say the road to recovery isn’t tough.
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Bipolar isn’t that easy. Don’t make it colorful or cute. Bipolar is heart breaking not only to the person but the entire family. I wasn’t DXed until 2006 but I have suffered for years. My life after DX hasn’t been attractive either. Everyday is a battle not a fun trip to an acupuncturist. Stating remission or recovery just brings false hope and painful disappointment to those who have exhausted meds, treatments that remove the precious memory’s worth keeping, and the chance of family support. Bipolar DX means constant work at maintaining, there is no room for letting your guard down for a chance at “normal”. This is all false hope the true isn’t pretty don’t paint it that way.
I agree with Shawn that bipolar is not easy; I do not think you meant to make bipolar “cute”. It did come across that way. BD can destroy your life, marriage, family ties, job, etc. We need to teach people how to monitor and regulate symptoms without belittling the person. Once the destruction/damage is done, how do you repair and make life functional again? There is no cure, but there is treatment…seems I heard this before somewhere.