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1 | Taking medication/Giving medication? | Phil 4:6 | rodent_tamer | 180909 | ||
1 Tim 5:23 No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. Here Paul recommends that Timothy take a little wine for medicinal purposes because of his stomach ailments. In answer to your question, I think this verse best fits. Obviously mood disorder medication did not exist at that time so it is impossible to find a verse that addresses this specifically, but using this verse as a guide, it is logical to surmise that scripture does encourage us to welcome "medicines" that help to alleviate medical conditions. Of course we are also instructed to pray and receive healing by the laying on of hands, but I think the overall idea is that both go hand in hand, not one or the other. Just use common sense. If you have a headache, you take an aspirin. If diabetic, you take insulin. As Christians we are also encouraged to pray for healing, but God, for whatever reasons, ultimately chooses whether or not we receive healing. We live in a fallen world, still trapped in fallen bodies that age and die. The brain is an organ just like any other organ in the body. Mood disorders are real and well documented. Our brains function well with a balance of certain chemicals, but if the brain malfunctions and causes an imbalance of those chemicals, then a mood disorder may develop if left untreated. Mood disorder medication inhibits the malfunctioning parts of the brain to produce the balanced amount of chemicals needed for the brain to function properly. Some of those medications such as mood stabilizers are actual natural chemicals that may be lacking in our brains. Many Christians are against the idea of mental illness and don't understand the difference between normal "fretting" and the clinical abnormal form of "anxiety, depression and despondency" caused by a biological physical malfunction of brain chemicals. If you were appropriately diagnosed and suffer from a medical condition, I encourage you to take your meds as they may help you. If you were diagnosed with diabetes, would you hesitate to take the proper medication because there wasn't a verse to support it? I am a devoted Christian who prays and believes in healing. I also happen to suffer from bipolar disorder. I take my meds and they help immensely. Without them, my moods are unbearable and the effects devastating. I thank God that I live in an age that these meds exist. The meds, therapy, exercise, support from loved ones and, most of all, comfort from God all work together to treat my condition. Perhaps one day God will heal me, but I also believe that God has used my illness to comfort and minister to others who are going through the same thing. I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me with any questions that may help you to understand mood disorders. I am happy to help in any way I can. -M |
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2 | Taking medication/Giving medication? | Phil 4:6 | cuddle | 180919 | ||
Thank You! God is so VERY GOOD! My daughter suffers from the same dis- order(bi-polar) She went off her meds a few months ago and now her behavor, well lets just say I would welcome a normal defiant teen ager right now. I gave in to letting her go off the meds because influence from those in my family who denied the dis-order as being real. I know there are no direct verses in Scripture, but there were a few that were really speaking to my heart on the matter. In all honesty it was your sharing your own story that I ma grateful for from your post. You have confirmed what the Holy Spirit has been trying to show me. This forum stuff is cool for a range of reasons. Bible Study and fellowship in one place. I spend so much time in front of the keyboard and to take a break I surf for Bible info and happened upon this forum.Ya never know.... In His Service, Cuddle PS Thanks Again |
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3 | Taking medication/Giving medication? | Phil 4:6 | rodent_tamer | 180930 | ||
Dear Cuddle, I am so over joyed that my story helped you. It is so amazing how God works. Why did your daughter want to get off her meds? Was it because of the stigma? Or perhaps the influence of family members who caused her to question the validity of this illness? Do those family members question the existence of this disorder or do they disbelieve that your daughter suffers from this illness? If they disbelieve the existence of this disorder or mental illness in general, what is their reason for disbelief? Is their reasoning spiritually oriented? That is, do they think that medication and a diagnosis of a mental disorder is un-christian? By any chance, did your daughter want to get off her meds during a manic phase? I only ask this because I have done this in the past during manic episodes. I'm not a rapid cycler. The pattern of my mood swings usually occur in phases of long winter depressions and long spring manias. One year, for some reason I had only been on my anti-depressant, but not my mood stabilizer. I had been ok (not experiencing depression), but then since I wasn't on my mood stabilizer I eventually became manic in the spring. When I became manic, since I felt so great, euphoric and invincible I concluded that I was not bipolar and that I didn't need any meds at all. Big mistake. I stopped taking all my meds and in about a month I swung hard in the other direction. I ended up having to go to the hospital. You have to be very careful during manic phases, because it can make you feel deceptively "well". Typically when manic, a lot of bipolars don't go see their Dr. or take their meds. At least, when depressed, you know you're depressed and desire alleviation, but when manic, you are often not aware of this "drunken" state of mind and, in fact, embrace it, thus rejecting medication. I will keep you and your daughter in my prayers. You are welcome to email me anytime if you should need advice or questions regarding this matter. Also I would love to know if her condition gets better if you put her back on her meds. My email is: Rodent_tamer@yahoo.com I want to encourage you to learn as much as you can about this disorder and confer with others who suffer from this illness in order to best help your daughter. There were those in my family who didn't really believe in the validity or seriousness of this disorder and, as a result, made me feel alienatated and alone in my suffering. All my best, Monica |
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