Tuesday, April 10, 2012
HI, IMMA 47 YEAROLD ENGAGED, GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS BEEN LIVING WITH BI-POLAR 1....SINCE 2002 WHEN I HAD MY MANIC EPISODE.....FOR THE MOST PART IVE GOTTEN MY MEDICATIONS UNDER CONTROL AND HAVE THERAPY ON A REGULAR BASIS. ITS IMPORTANT TO FIND THE RIGHT MEDS THAT WORK FOR YOU AND TO INCLUDE THERAPY IN YOUR TREATMENT...THIS CAN BE A LONG PROCESS...AND FRUSTRATING AT TIMES.....BUT EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR BALANCE BACK......THERE ARE PERIODS OF DEPRRESSION OR MANICITY THAT NEED TO BE CONTROLLED.....PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHAT WITH ME......
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I was diagnosed BP1 at 50(ten years ago) so I am glad to have contact with someone older. I was stable for about five years but have been in a deep depression since my son died in an accident two years ago. I have a pdoc and take cymbalta lithium and a tranquilizer but the meds only help marginally. I stopped therapy after a year. It wasn't helping. I find it hard to function. Do you have any advice?