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Posted 6/27/2006 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
WHat medications do you take for your bipolar ?! list away !
Posted 6/28/2006 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
I am currently only taking Klonopin. I seem to be doing okay right now and pdoc okayed discontinuation of Abilify and Effexor. They both caused alot of anxiety for me and I believe the Abilify was creating a manic episode. Couldn't eat, couldn't sit, just paced and paced. Whew...lots of panic attacks too.
Posted 6/28/2006 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the reply... what about the other 17 views... bipolar people on no meds?? come one people ! :P


Also the abilify can cause something called Akithisia. Where you cant sit, feel anxious and just wanna pace and pace ! I had this with Zyprexa, it almost made me go crazy though it was so so intense. Like i wanted to crawl outa my skin
Posted 6/29/2006 12:15 PM (GMT 0)
Lamictal and Xanax for the anxiety... definately need more Lamictal. I still feel disconnected from the world most of the time. Manic some days, depressed others.
Posted 6/30/2006 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
i take olanzapine lamical celaxe prozac and lithium.for bipolar 2.

Posted 7/1/2006 4:38 AM (GMT 0)

I take bupropion, effexor, Zoloft, lithium, propanol, sometimes

gabapentin, if I take it all the time, all I want to do is sleep.

The gabapentin is for restless leg syndrome. tongue

Posted 7/1/2006 4:33 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Guys!
I'm sindi and I usually post on the crohns' disease forum. I also have bipolar 1 disorder. I do not post here since I do not take any meds, except for zyprexa ( if I feel out of control). Thought you guys would yell at me cause I am medless. I have tried most of the meds, but either the side effects are severe, or they agravate my crohns. Take Care!
Posted 7/1/2006 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Sindi,
Welcome. Nope, no yelling here. Everyone deals with their disorder in their own fashion. I've gone years without meds and now am taking only an anti-anxiety med. I have a few rough patches and sometimes have to go back on meds but for the most part other than the Klonie, I'm unmedicated as well. If I can lead a normal life without the stuff I do. When things get complicated, and I get very hypomanic, (I don't do the depression end of the spectrum often) then I'll go in for help.
Hope to "see" you around again!
Ellie
Posted 7/2/2006 12:01 AM (GMT 0)
Lamictal and Abilify.. they make me sick and very sleepy and dizzy. What a life. eyes
Posted 7/5/2006 4:25 AM (GMT 0)
200 mg of wellbutren + 5 mg of abilify
Posted 7/5/2006 8:58 PM (GMT 0)
200 mg ZOLOFT, 10mg KLONOPIN, 450mg LITHIUM, 40mg Adderall
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