Posted by Joanna on June 7, 2001, at 20:39:16
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin and bipolar syndrome » Joanna, posted by Sulpicia on June 7, 2001, at 1:06:27
Jay is pretty clued up as to bp. He is the only one in his family to have had this. We did a lot of reading, him more than me. Having talked it through, he wants to save the mood stabilisers for the future when he may really need them. At the moment he also doesn't feel up to coping with possible side-effects. He always made a point of stressing that I'm to tell him and make a note in the diary if he is behaving bizarrely rather than what is normal for him when he is high. To date, he has never done anything outrageous. As I said, he took steps to make lifestyle changes to minimise risk of serious consequences.
Do you know anything about vitamins? I read the posts above and it bears out what Jay says: it was recommended to him by our herbalist/ healthfood guy to take mega potency complete vit B complex and at least 1000mg vit C. Since he started them the cycle has been noticeably less marked. Jay's going to ask about the fish oils - if anyone can find out about it the herbalist will.> I'm not sure what else to suggest. It's disquieting to think that he'd be untreated
> until all hell breaks loose.He has taken steps to try to minimise the possibility of that. If things get worse he will go for pharmacological help but he wants things to be like they are for as long as possible. Can't say I blame him, with people like Dr D about...
Thanks for all the help, both you and Ron :)
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