I'm so sorry to hear that you are not improving. Thank you for all the info you're sharing. I had no idea about the reduced longevity of those with bipolar. I am so sorry for your suffering.
Thanks Janet for being so engaged, and for wishing me well. I hope you're in good health now and always, even as we both show the impact of aging. As you state in your other comment there are things we can control, like eating, sleeping and, I would add, fitness. Let's start there and stay as healthy as we can.
This is very scary, I had no idea that drugs were not tested on seniors. I am about your age. I had dizziness for 10 months, and went through lots of tests which found no cause. Not one of the 5 or so doctors suggested it could be from the blood pressure med I was given about the time the dizziness started. I had to figure it out, myself- after 10 months of almost constant dizziness. They were going to give me a cane to walk with, but I wouldn't accept it. Never suggested I cut back on the BP med.
And I tell my drs allll the time that I am very sensitive to meds, yet they still prescribe them like they don't believe me. And I am the one who suffers. And still, it's true that my body is showing it's age on it's own, as you said. My eyes are going, my knees are going, my hearing is going, my digestion is screwed up. I was told I have to change my lifestyle, because of my age. I am resisting. I fear change. My "lifestyle" -- when I sleep, what I eat -- is the only thing I have any control of.
I'm so sorry to hear that you are not improving. Thank you for all the info you're sharing. I had no idea about the reduced longevity of those with bipolar. I am so sorry for your suffering.
Thanks Janet for being so engaged, and for wishing me well. I hope you're in good health now and always, even as we both show the impact of aging. As you state in your other comment there are things we can control, like eating, sleeping and, I would add, fitness. Let's start there and stay as healthy as we can.
This is very scary, I had no idea that drugs were not tested on seniors. I am about your age. I had dizziness for 10 months, and went through lots of tests which found no cause. Not one of the 5 or so doctors suggested it could be from the blood pressure med I was given about the time the dizziness started. I had to figure it out, myself- after 10 months of almost constant dizziness. They were going to give me a cane to walk with, but I wouldn't accept it. Never suggested I cut back on the BP med.
And I tell my drs allll the time that I am very sensitive to meds, yet they still prescribe them like they don't believe me. And I am the one who suffers. And still, it's true that my body is showing it's age on it's own, as you said. My eyes are going, my knees are going, my hearing is going, my digestion is screwed up. I was told I have to change my lifestyle, because of my age. I am resisting. I fear change. My "lifestyle" -- when I sleep, what I eat -- is the only thing I have any control of.