Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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Medicine update

sfagrad
sfagrad
I had to be taken off the geodon because it made me manic. I am now on Saphris and it is working wonderfully. So now i am on four meds but I feel stable so hopefully this will last.
GinaWonders
GinaWonders
Excellent! It is such trials finding meds that work - I mean so many are horrible when they Don't! I hope this is a great combo - I've had meds work 5-7 years before having to adjust or change... I wish you better than that!!!!!
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Yay for stability!!!... That's great news!!....x
tommymott
tommymott
Stability is worth any cost.
sfagrad
sfagrad
Thank you so much, it feels really good.
GinaWonders
GinaWonders
Do remember - stability and meds has nothing to do with horrible days, loss and sadness and anger! Human emotions we are suppose to keep!!! LOL

Sadness is not always depression (so I've been told!)

Thanks for the great update - hope for many, especially me - when I have to search AGAIN!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I love what Tommy said, "Stability is worth any cost." Having never been truly, fully stable, it's confident assertions like that that keep me trying.
china70
china70
I thought Geodon was suppose to help for mania? Is it an ap?
sfagrad
sfagrad
I thought it helped with depression because I was depressed when my pdoc prescribed it. But it made me manic in less then a week.
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