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Got Mastiff?
That's what I'm saying. YES. Sure I have my swings. But the harder I work both physically (exercise, physical labor at my new job) and mentally, reading self help, these forums, therapy, consciousness of the I know this is my disease and not what I'm actually feeling (don't always catch it early but as soon as I realize there was a shift I work on countering it) or related to what going on. The more you work on consciously managing the better you get at management. I felt like I was relying on all this other stuff to "make me better" when what I really needed most was inside me all along. Everyone is different. If medication is working to help you than by all means don't stop taking it cause Joe Shmoe said he doesn't need it. I love getting on the forums and spilling my guts out when my "switch" is flipped and then feeling like an ass about what I said or what I felt at the time. That's part of it though. It's real. We just have to realize that it happens sometimes and do our best to continue on. Don't let the bumps throw you off the path. Just work on soaking em up and stick to it.