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Hi to everyone who comes across this page. I am a male in my late 20's. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar type disorder as a teenager. I have seen many psychiatrist's since then and have been put on a variety of drugs. The last prescription I was given was for Abilify. I started taking it about four years ago. Without my current psychiatrist's approval or knowledge I have been off it for about three months now. I don't believe I am insane. At least not yet. The problem I am having is that I can't identify with myself. I hate to do this, I don't like to whine and complain about my life. It makes me think I am ungrateful for what I have. I don't like posting this online where any random creep who feels like spreading negativity can reply to my post but I have no one to talk to in real life. My thoughts are really not making sense to me and can be entirely disturbing at times. I feel out of control, fatigued, and worst of all abnormal. Like I don't fit in with society. I believe I am inferior to most people because most people are self assured and social. I am not self assured and I don't have any friends. Not even one. My purpose for posting this is to ask if anyone has had similar experiences and how did you get past all the negativity and start being more positive and self accepting? (link)
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Regardless of whether you like my advice or that of AdviceMan49 we are telling you the truth. I have been a part of the mental-health community for 10 years and dealt with bipolar myself.
I know from talking to psychiatrists over the years that the worst thing you can do is go off any medications on your own. You make things worse for yourself and dangerous that way.
You can relapse and wind up back at square one in a mental health ward or worse in a hurry. You should only go off medication with the assistance of the doctor who prescribed it if you don't want trouble.
Right now I can see from your writing that you aren't well and not thinking right. You can't see that as the illness makes people believe they're fine when they aren't well.
If you feel out of control do yourself a favor and visit an emergency room and tell them you are off your medication and for how long and wait either for your doctor or the on-call psychiatrist to assess you. Let them know all the medications and treatment that never worked and why so they can find the right path for you. Then stick to it for wellness.
You need to get a psychiatrist to train you how to manage your illness or as my own doctor says the illness will master you. If you work with your doctor you'll be well. Tell them that the medication isn't working and you still feel as bad as you did the first time you were diagnosed and have this figured out. That's the best thing you can do for your yourself now and in the future.
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