I have been mentally ill for as long as I can remember. I suppose it really started somewhere in Junior High but being a surviver of some pretty horrific abuse, who really knows. I have severe Bipolar Disorder. I am not depressed now and rarely do I cycle that way. When I do its feelings of shame, guilt, worthlessness & an earthshattering urge to sleep. I don’t get sad. I feel a level of pain that is indescribable & that no one should ever have to feel. Mostly throughout my life though I have been manic. Not that manic that gives you amazing self confidence, a feeling of being able to accomplish anything, extreme productivity and no need for sleep because energy is flying out your ass you have so much of it. I feel that sometimes but rarely. I have the mania that causes extreme irritability, a very short fuse and rage that is like jumping on a runaway train. I am saying & doing things that I absolutely can’t stop until the train comes to a rest.I am sure I am right & usually being persecuted somehow. Everything I have ever touched I have hurt: causing great pain to those who are most important in my life. Dealing with everyone I have ever loved leaving me. I swear none of this is self pity or said for dramatic purposes. I am 48 years old. My quality of life has been ruined over & over by this disease. And I am tired all the way down to my soul. Right now I am stable on medication that is working. But I will plateau on these meds probably in about 4 years and the madness returns until the right med combo can be reached. This last time I was rapid cycling for 4 years. If I had a form of cancer that was as severe as my Bipolar, I would have people flying me to Norway. I am completely in my right mind. I do not want to die today. I want to make arrangements to be euthanized when my disease returns, before it gets too bad. I want/need the right to have a doctor help me because dammit I have suffered enough & deserve a peaceful end as we all do. But here in the States you have to be terminally ill. How bout terminally crazy? When I am at my worse I do not trust my thinking & I do not trust anyone else either. I have been psychotic at least once where I saw ghosts, lots of ghosts. So many I thought the veil had torn. I am of above average intelligence & I don’t want to go mad any longer. The laws have to be changed…
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Soul tired… I feel the same. You’re right, when you reach a certain level of pain it is utterly indescribable. I’m not experiencing the worst of it right now either, but when I was it was hard to believe it was possible. I’m sorry you plateau after some time on the meds. That’s a rough cycle to have to go through, and even being stable isn’t ideal. You deserve more. Everyone does. I can see why you’d want to end things before it gets to its worst again. I’m really sorry to hear that this disease has caused you so much suffering. Hopefully one day there will be more lasting cures out there, and people won’t have to experience lives with this kind of suffering anymore.
I am sorry you suffer with that. I am borderline personality. I am also soul tired. I just don’t want to be here anymore. My daughter looks as if she will suffer as well. Love this song, btw. I guess all we can do is live the day. *hugs*