Posted by blueberry on August 17, 2005, at 14:32:07
In reply to I am miserable!, posted by AMD on August 17, 2005, at 11:47:54
I think keeping all cocaine and meth out of your system is the absolute most important thing you can do. Doing those drugs with your diagnosis is about the same thing as trying to light a campfire with an open container of gasoline sitting right next to it. One or two beers a day isn't going to hurt anyone, unless you cannot stop your self from drinking more than that. Then it's better to not drink at all.
It was a long time ago, but I abused cocaine and meth. I could have bought a brand new car for the money I wasted on that crap. Anyway, depression caused from staying away from those drugs after you have been using them is severe, or was for me, but it was mostly gone in about 2 weeks and then remnants of it slowly disappeared over the next month or two. Just hang in there.
The bipolar aspects may require medications. It is just my experience and just my opinion, but I think the antipsychotics, zyprexa in particular, work very well for many kinds of psychiatric illnesses, especially with former drug addicts. They can also provide relief quicker than antidepressants alone, though a combo of the two is best. But again, just my opinion based on experience in being in your shoes. I take zyprexa and prozac with good results.
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