Bipolar Disorder; The Cost of Being Cured

In my previous post, Cost for a Cure , taymachelle made a comment about her desires for better treatment but not necessarily a cure. She writes, "Maybe its one of those things that I consider part of me- that I would never really want to go away."

This is certainly something to consider. Many people with Bipolar Disorder or other mental illness' may know what taymachelle is referring too. Sometimes medication can leave a person left feeling less than they were before they started the prescription. Perhaps these are physical side effects, or to some the much worse, a loss of creativity and/or mental capacity.

This is part of the ongoing medication challenge we all face. The risk versus benefit factor, finding the right combination for our own needs and chemistry.

If the Australian research team were to someday find a cure, or anyone else for that matter, we may be facing an even more serious risk versus benefit factor.

Disrupting, adjusting chemistry to fix or repair a brain that is destructive to one's life.

Would you pay a possible permanent price (similar to what you may experience with medication) for a forever fix promising peace?

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