I don't think for most people it is possible. I did get off them for 5 years, but I was exercising a lot, going to school and eating well. And I had other diseases under control with meds.

A lot of people get stable on meds, think they are "over" the disease, go off meds, and have severe episodes of depression or mania. After a few times, they decide to stick with side effects of drugs, rather than terrible mood swings.

Do talk about this with your pdoc. That is a sensible way to start!

He told me that the Seroquel and Celexa were causing prolonged QT and told
me that if I didn’t stop taking them he would not see me anymore.

TC40, do you have a therapist to talk to? I started talking to mine. Nice guy. I enjoy using my dry witt on people....trying to dig out humor on sad topics that I have. I got him chuckling a bit. It made me feel better.

Not and successfully have a stable life. BiPolar Disorder is a chemical imbalance in the brain, it requires medication to correct the imbalance to control the symptoms.

You will find random people who claim they can manage their "life" without meds. and then there are 2 questions to be asked, 1. Were they really BiPolar and 2. if they were what exactly are they calling a realistically stable life.

Sorry but manage BiPolar requires 2 main components, a good Medication Cocktail and a good Therapist or Counselor.

I lived for so long having undiagnosed bipolar. And Shortly after starting meds I stopped abruptly. My life was hell. Granted, terrible things had been happening in my life that were exasorbating the bipolar. I am pro meds. It took several years to find the right combo of meds, quite a few lifestyle changes. Please don’t give up.

I was stable. My psychiatrist won’t let me try something else until my ekg is normal He also wants me to wean off from Celexa. I am not doing it until I have gotten through THIS nighrltmare. My psychiatrist is going to be pissed. Ohhh well.

The sooner those meds are out of your system, the sooner you can begin trying safer meds. You really shouldn't be messing around with serious cardiac issues and putting your life in danger.