Ugg, my neurologist is a little Napoleon. It seems he forgot to whom he was speaking, because he told me that people who are a little loopy are always worse than they seem. He said they are worse, because they are trying not to look loopy. This conversation started over my reluctance to switch to Neurontin, since a person I know with bipolar who took it went nuts and beat her child. I didn't get the bipolar part out, so he went on blathering about people using medication as an excuse for doing what they would have done anyway.
Before I knew I had a medical mental problem, I was just being myself, so I do not agree with Dr. Neurology's assessment on the slightly "loopy" people trying to act "less loopy." Of course, I try to check myself and make sure I'm not overreacting, but I'm still acting however I act and analyzing later to see if I need to ask for more or less medicine. The level of control I have over myself...
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