LOST IDENITITY

[DGWR]

Do you ever feel like you have lost yourself (the ole you ) and don't know how to get yourself back?

[DGWR]

Thank You!  I can tell you are struggling too!  I see a psychiatrist but you know how that is (regulate medication).  I have not talked with a therapist about this matter.  The new "me" I don't like cz .  I sooo miss the energy I had and it kept me thin unlike the 20 pds I have put on but all my life I was so filled with energy it was euphoria.  I am thinking to slowly stop my medication, I think it is the problem of no energy but I am a little scared.  This BP 2 is a new diagnosis, I always had Panic D/O & Conversion D/O. I am now on too much medication, as to my thinking.
Is the therapist helping you?  Do you feel closer to your ole self? Sorry to ask 20 questions but when you started taking the medications is that when you lost yourself?

[DGWR]

Thank You for your help.  I will talk to my psychiatrist and ask who or what I can do to hopefully pull out of this!

[Lindylou_2014]

I have found that I divide my life in two parts. Before and after Bi-polar. I know exactly how you feel. Unfortunately for me my life is so different now I don't feel like I'll ever be who I was. I work with my therapist to try and accept this and define how this new me looks. I hope that you can return to normal but just remember you may not and you can just do the best with who the new you is!

[ILADVOCATE]

  Loss of self identity is common in a variety of psychiatric
disabilities. Besides medication, talk therapy and for
some people cognitive behavioral therapy can be of help.
This can depend on the condition and what
else is occurring. When a person experiences this they should
inform their psychiatric would who be able to follow up within their clinical
discretion.