There is a Way Out!!

[Ann Doupont]

In 1978, I was diagnosed with bipolar. In 1979, I got radically saved, and began reading my Bible a lot and praying (also, a lot).

I knew that God would heal me, and that some day I'd no longer need meds. The doctors said I'd be on lithium for the rest of my life. They said that this ailment (then it was called manic-depression, but is the same illness as bipolar) is incurable.

I got proactive, and began studying on the subject of bipolar. I found out that it is hereditary, and that often what a person does is try and control their moodswings through taking drugs and/or alcohol (which is what I had done, and became an alcoholic, until the Lord delivered me).

In my heart, I prayed to God, saying that if He would bring me together with another person with manic-depression, I would believe that He would heal me. Then, it happened. I was standing in a healing line. I saw someone I knew nearby and got out of the line. Returning to the line, it had moved, placing me right next to a woman with bipolar.

I was in contact with a ministry which had a woman who had been healed from it. She said that what I needed to do was to memorize and meditate on, and speak out, healing scriptures, and she sent me many of them.

To be continued....

 

[Ann Doupont]

I think I was running out of room, so decided to end that one, and start this.

I went to a Woman's Aglow meeting. The woman speaker spoke of intentionally gaining weight to avoid having men being attracted to her. Yes, I had done that, too. And, it worked. At the end of the meeting, I was in the line waiting for prayer. When it was my turn to be prayed for, she said to me, "Don't tell me what you want prayer for. I'll tell you." She then asked if I was concerned about my weight. Yes, I was. She then said, "As you begin to lose weight, all of your problems will disappear."

I went to many meetings, and sent out many requests to evangelists to prayer. I even tried calling the Pope in Rome (having been raised Roman Catholic, I thought he could help).

My Jewish county-appointed psychiatrist kept increasing my meds, to 2400 mg of lithium per day. Later, I read somewhere that this was a lethal dose. He had said that if I decreased them, it would be the same as not taking any (which is not true). So, I began to decrease them, as the Holy Spirit led me to do.

When I got down to 2 (instead of 8) per day, I called a church and asked whether they knew of a Christian psychiatrist. I began seeing him, and he agreed that what I was doing was right.

I only saw him about 3 times, as he helped me to wean off the medication. When I got down to 1 every other day, I got scared (because of what the other doctor had said), and I called him, asking what to do. He said "Trust God." And, I've never used them again.

With love,

Ann

 

[alivingprayer]

That was really empowering. My mom makes me take bipolar meds, and my medication has all of these horrible side effects. I am praying to God every day for His special healing.

 

[Ann Doupont]

That was really empowering. My mom makes me take bipolar meds, and my medication has all of these horrible side effects. I am praying to God every day for His special healing.

Oh, hon. I'm sorry (that you are having to take meds when you don't want to. So did it.) But, for now, you'll have to do that. And, yes, mine had side effects, too. What was really weird was that they then gave me some other meds to take for the side effects, which had its own set of side effects.

What will work for anyone who is determined to be healed is that they hear from God. All the answers are in the Bible. And, in knowing His sweet voice, which has true peace.

1 Cor. 10:13 says that God will make a way of escape so that we're able to bear what we're going through. So, we can pray that He makes a way of escape out of bipolar (once we're genuinely healed from it, we will no longer need the meds). And, then pray that He shows it to us through His eyes.

I spent hours and hours in prayer, seeking Him for the answer. Another thing I did is to speak to the "mountain" calling it by name, to be removed and cast into the sea. Mark 11:23. I said "Manic depresssion, I command you, in Jesus' Name, be removed and be cast into the sea." I said it many times.

I pray that the Father shows you specifically what it is that you need to do.

One thing is for sure. You will need to find your answers through prayer, and in the Word.

Love,

Ann

 

[shakingthedustoffmyfeet]

I am so glad to read your testimony. Most of us know someone with bipolar, and it truly robs wonderful people of their lives. I rejoice in the fact that you have been set free! Thank you Lord, for this miracle!

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