Hello! My name is Sonya. I am a 28 year old female who was told I have Bipolar at the age of 22. That was 6 years ago. At the beginning I was willing to try anything and everything I could to just "get rid" or "mask" my issue, but found that EVERY drug they tried with meonly made me act like someone I wasn't. They would work great for 2 months.. sometimes even 6 months and then I would go back to filling not myself again. Finally at the age of 25 I decided I wanted a fresh start. I didn't want to wake up and swallow a pill everyday. I didn't want something clearing my head for me. I didn't want to think about the fact that I was smiling only because some little pill told me it was okay, so against EVERYTHING my dr's told me I slowly cleared myself of EVERY drug I was on. It took 6 months before I woke up with a clear head, but it did finally happen. I realized at that moment that I was pill free. Although it has been some time and I have truly managed the art of dealing with my mental issues in a more natural way I worry. Is this going to come back at me 100 times worse. Will my head get so cloudy again that I won't be able to think straight? I'm worried because I am now married and want a family, but I don't want to put them at risk. Like I said I have been truly blessed with the knowledge and the ability to work with my condition and live a normal life this far without the use of drugs, but am VERY curious to know if anyone thinks I'm doing more harm for my future doing it this way?