Has anybody ever stopped taking their bipolar medication?
Suddenly? Self taper?
I want off.
All of them. No more.
Lamictal, done.
Seroquel, done.
Trazadone, done.
Buspirone, done.
I’ll keep gabapentin because it’s good for withdrawals. And it has recreational value: try taking one 300mg every 30 minutes for 4 hours, and thank me later.
But motherfuck the other ones.
At best, they’re not working. At worst, they’re fucking mental manacles that I need to break free from.
I swear I’ll be good.
Please.
PLEASE.
I will. I won’t get into trouble. And I won’t kill myself. I promise.
If it gets bad, I’ll check myself back into the facility.
I just want to be normal. That’s all I ever wanted. That’s why I started taking them. But I don’t feel fucking normal!
I still do stupid, reckless things.
I still viciously abhor myself.
I still want to kill myself.
What the fuck are they even doing THEN!
It doesn’t make sense.
Am I just forgetting how bad I was before medication? Did the TMS vaporize those memories too?
Let’s think.
I actually tried to kill myself before the pills.
That’s one improvement, I guess.
Technically.
But I still dream about suicide like it’s some great achievement I’ll eventually accomplish.
I haven’t been arrested since starting the pills.
Detained, yea.
5150d, yea.
But I guess it’s a plus to not actually get arrested, jailed and/or fined.
I haven’t full-blown cheated on a girlfriend since starting the pills.
Kissing random men, women and others, yea.
Had a girl spit into my mouth outside of a bar, yea.
Flirting all the time, yea.
But I haven’t full-blown cheated. And I always tell her.
I’m such a piece of fucking shit. Please know that I don’t do it on purpose.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t do it on purpose, you fucking piece of shit asshole.
You don’t deserve her. You don’t deserve anybody. You don’t deserve peace.
The only thing you deserve is pain and suffering.
Go ahead and stop taking the pills. You’ll get what you deserve.
Now go cry you little bitch.
I don’t know what to do anymore.
I even tried praying—got on my dumb knees hoping some force out there would show mercy and give me a break.
For the love of god, Allah, Yaweh, Buddha, Krishna, whoever Zoroastrians believe in, anybody, please. I’ll suck your ethereal dick or pussy, please!
PLEASE.
I’ll be a goddamn monk.
I’ll quit smoking. I’ll quit drugs. I’ll quit drink. I’ll quit meat. I’ll quit being a whore. I’ll quit saying retarded. I’ll quit even thinking mean things.
I just want to be normal. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.
How can they say the pills are helping? Does this sound like they’re helping?
If they’re helping, then I don’t want to be helped.
I’m done.
I’m going to take an ambien tonight and gaba as needed.
That’s it.
The only other pills I’m taking are the fun kind I cop from the open air pharmacy in Tenderloin.
I hope they give me fentanyl by accident.