Would You?

Sorry if this has already been posted some where on here before...

I'm curious, if there was a cure and you had the chance to be cured, would you?

I don't think I would. Don't get me wrong, I have days when I wish I wasn't, but for the most part, it is quite a big part of me and who I am.

I've had it since childhood but I was only diagnosed two years ago, so people got used to it and just saw it as my personality, and I suppose I do too. I wonder about who I would have been if I wasn't, and that thought scares me. I love who I am (good side and bad) and although I can be difficult (massive understatement) I'm lucky to have some people in my life that love me for who I am too.

So, would you?

In a heartbeat!

I've had depression most of my adult life at different levels of severity. Some times of my life were wonderful and without depression. My mania's few as they were did cause havoc and embarrassment. I can't even regret the actions because I was not well and I've come to recognize that in an intelligent way. It is no longer a feeling of shame I can't get rid of. I've come to terms with it. So all in all, I would still stay bipolar. It does define who I am and I am not going to reject myself like some reject those with this mental illness. I can't do that to myself too. I actually think I am different and in a special way too. I am a unique personality and with assistance I am able to control my moods, especially the depression side of it. It is so scary too. You become so depressed that you are unable to find any joy day after day. Or you can become suicidal and be a danger to yourself. But all in all, with help I know that it's ok to have bipolar. It is treatable like diabetes. Now, diabetes, I wish there was a cure for that. But that is for another message board and another topic.

Interesting question. Would I get rid of it. Well it depends on hen you ask me! On one hand, it makes me a self hating, tired, depressed sloth. On the other, it makes me a intelligent, unceasing machine that strives to achieve and better myself. A blessing and a curse, and what makes me so bad and so good.

Most of all it makes me so self critical that I dissect every mistake and action and find the right outcome. So no. I would not get cured at this time.

Yes, I would. One full blown manic episode can destroy your life. Especially if you were previously undiagnosed and didn't understand what was happening to you.

I believe Stephen Fry also raised this question so you are in good company

I am not sure is my current answer tho this varies. BP stole a lot from me - including friends, my career, money etc. but I have also learnt a lt about myself and have a lot of insight into who i am. I have wonderful friends and family and I am picking up the pieces and looking at where I want my life to go. It is difficult to decide which path was better but the one I am on I am getting there with and I think I have had a lot of benefits to my personality and strength from what I have been through.

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It's not an easy answer, but all in all, yes I would. True, I love the good part of mania, but everything else... I hate how it makes me feel different. Scratch that, I hate how it makes me feel. When I'm top of the world I love it, don't get me wrong, but everything else far outweighs those moments.

NO i dont think a cure would be a good thing for me. Then i would have to be like all the normals and i havent found very many i like. No thanks i like my normal. Its taken me this many years to learn my moods and behaviors. I dont want to spend the rest of my life tryig to be something im not.

well I guess I would, for I"m taking ability to take a way my mania.
I too thought of myself as my personality i usually had the highs throughout life and was just happy in my bubble. then it got popped when I got depressed in later years and I guess If I didn't have it I wouldn't have made an ass of myself all the time. though I wouldn't care for I use to laugh at myself. though these days i find it hard to laugh at myself and in a pool of my own $#%^.

I would absolutely take that cure if I could at this point in my life. Being married with a kid I always worry that my Bipolar may hurt the love I ones the most no matter what I do to prevent destructive mood swings. Plus it would be nice not having to take pills the rest of my life.

However, I've had some profound learning opportunities about my self and the world around me due to my mania and depression and I wouldn't ever want to part with those lessons. Plus it's given me a lot of empathy and understanding of all the cruel and crazy behavior that goes on in the world on a daily basis.