Is Your New Bipolar Medication/Therapy Working?

Whenever you have a change in medications or therapies, your moods will improve, worsen, or stay about the same. Documenting how you feel can be a valuable tool in helping you team up with your doctor and therapist to obtain the right combination of medications and therapy. Use the following form to record the most [...]

Posted on March 28, 2008 Filed Under Medications, Self-Help, Treatment | 2 Comments

Alternative and Complementary Treatments for Bipolar Disorder

The standard approach to treating bipolar disorder calls for a combination of medication and psychotherapy—a mood stabilizer for the mania, an anti-depressant to treat the depressive side, and psychotherapy to deal with the stressors and triggers that often push the disorder through the protective barrier of medications. There are, however, some alternative and complementary treatments [...]

Posted on November 26, 2007 Filed Under Alternative - Complementary, Medications, Treatment | 8 Comments

Feeling Like a Guinea Pig?

When you begin seeing a psychiatrist (or any physician who manages your bipolar medication), you may begin to feel like a guinea pig. Your doctor tries one medication after another to see which one works and which one doesn’t, which one produces the least annoying side effects, and which medications seem to get along best [...]

Posted on October 24, 2007 Filed Under Medications, Treatment | Leave a Comment

Managing Bipolar Medication Side Effects

Sometimes, you may begin to wonder what’s worse—the depression and mania or the side effects from the medications used to control the depression and mania. In fact, one of the main reasons that people with bipolar disorder stop taking their medications is because they simply can no longer tolerate the negative side effects. And who [...]

Posted on September 11, 2007 Filed Under Medications, Side effects | 21 Comments

Treatments in the Works for Bipolar Disorder

On September 3, 2007, Associated Press Science Writer Malcom Ritter published an insightful article called “Scientists Test New Bipolar Remedies,” about scientists who are “casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled manias of bipolar disorder.” The article sheds light on various treatments/medications that hold out some promise for [...]

Posted on September 4, 2007 Filed Under Medications, Treatment | Leave a Comment

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