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Posted by Jimmyboy on January 25, 2007, at 23:50:21
Just wondering what everyone out there thought the average number of meds bipoolar folks are on? Seems like most people, including myself tend to be on a bix mix of meds.
JB
Posted by ronaldo on January 26, 2007, at 8:09:03
In reply to Bipolar - how many meds are average?, posted by Jimmyboy on January 25, 2007, at 23:50:21
I must be the exception JB. Most of my life I have been just on the Lithium alone. The last four or five years I have been (to my regret) on Zyprexa 5 mg. I am coming off that now, very slowly, very gradually, very carefully. The days when I was on Lithium alone were the most productive and I think the happiest of my adult life. I was on 800 mg controlled release, then later and now 900 mg.
I reckon taking too many different tablets sucks but then some people need them and benefit from them.
ronaldo
Posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2007, at 11:33:47
In reply to Re: Bipolar - how many meds are average? » Jimmyboy, posted by ronaldo on January 26, 2007, at 8:09:03
Doesn't it depend on the type of bipolar? Love Phillipa
Posted by nolegirl23 on January 27, 2007, at 16:10:36
In reply to Re: Bipolar - how many meds are average?, posted by Phillipa on January 26, 2007, at 11:33:47
> Doesn't it depend on the type of bipolar? Love Phillipa
I'm Bipolar II,
Lexapro
Lamictal
Xanax
VistarilThree for me, don't know about the rest of folks.
Posted by Clockwork Ange on January 28, 2007, at 18:43:08
In reply to Bipolar - how many meds are average?, posted by Jimmyboy on January 25, 2007, at 23:50:21
> Just wondering what everyone out there thought the average number of meds bipoolar folks are on? Seems like most people, including myself tend to be on a bix mix of meds.
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> JBHey there...
One thing I have found is every Bipolar person is different- some will do well on just a mood stabilizer (like Lithium), some have to have a mix of a mood stabilizer and an anti depressant, some also need a benzo- like Xanax, for anxiety and panic attacks, and some also need an anti-psychotic for when they are coming off a mania... and still some need more of a mix for other symptoms...
Right now, I'm on Lamictal (mood stabilizer) and going back on Paxil (AD)... and am weaning off Seroquel (anti-psychotic) from a mania that was slipping into.... most of the time I'm also taking Xanax or Klonopin for anxiety, but I'm not taking those right now....
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