Information and opinions on health from louisaslow54 at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/843535/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/843535/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/843535/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/144377/relapse-recovery Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:42:11 -0400 louisaslow54 I am just out of hospital again, and would like any tips on recovery and how to avoid hosptial again.  http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/144377/relapse-recovery http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/132476/cutting-meds Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:59:06 -0500 louisaslow54 Hi all,   If you feel better, and your anxiety and depression have lessened you may feel like lowering or cutting out your meds. WARNING! Ask your doctor first because you may get side effects from abrupt disscontinuation. On the other hand, don't take all the horror web-sites for real. There are many successes. I was one of them.   Regards. http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/132476/cutting-meds http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/126292/feeling-today Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:55:50 -0500 louisaslow54 I have woken up feeling good today after some ups and downs last week. I got it into my head that I wanted to come off Klonopin but after all the shakes etc. I talked with my doctor and he reassured me that I was not the addictive type and it was perfectly safe to take one a day. Since trusting him, I have felt like a real person again, not a zombie. I think I shall just carry on taking them because it makes me feel so good. Why was I fighting... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/126292/feeling-today http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/125746/permission-relax Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:36:45 -0500 louisaslow54 I have had biolar 1 since I was 15, now with GAD and Social Anxiety Disorder. Amazingly enough, it has taken me 63 years to eventually accept that I have a mental illness! I always used to put the chaos in my life down to my own failures, my weird personality or something. Now I see all this crazyness can be subdued to some extent with a battery of meds (which I hate taking). With this realization, I have decided to live my life according to my... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/125746/permission-relax http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/119437/walls Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:28:55 -0400 louisaslow54 Heh, I don't have a clue what I want to say only that I am alone (my choice tonight) and don't have any interest in doing anything. I don't think it is depression, but just fed up with life. My gestalt therapist, who I admire so much, is encouraging me not to let my happiness be dictated by my situation. Oh, what a challenge. On the face of it, my situation is not as bad as some, but lately I have become very envious of people who have... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/843535/119437/walls