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My Pills: A Helpful Tool

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 I take pills when I get up in the morning. I take a pill at dinner. I take pills before I go to bed. They do all different things. There's anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, and a blood pressure pill. There's supplements that help the prescription pills or help to offset the side effects. The morning pile When I look at my pill piles I always remember my grandmother complaining that she took too many pills. I also think about all the people you meet, see on TV, or online who say "I tried those pills and I didn't feel like myself." The evening pile Then I think about myself and myself sucks. I have bipolar one. Without the pills small things became a crisis. I might not be able to get out of bed under the crushing weight of my depression. On the other hand I might become so manic that my speech could be nonsensical and my whole body would shake and sweat. Either could make me want to end it all. My little dinner time treat With the pills I'm much more level. A...