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Originally Posted by Larfu
Believe it or not, I have been stable on 2 antidepressants (Welbutrin and Cymbalta) and 1 mood stabilizer (Abilify) for some time now...
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Originally Posted by Larfu
I have found most doctors are not cool with we bipolar folk taking antidepressants, but really, why? If a treatment is working for you, why not stick with it? I hope more doctors will think this way.
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Firstly, welcome to the forums, Larfu!
Ahhhh. The thing most doctors (and for good reason) are not cool with BP folks taking anti-depressants is not ADs
per se. The problem is
taking them without a mood stabilizer in conjunction. ADs alone for BP is invariably problematic. Mood stabilizers are key. Some people with BP are ok with just mood stabilizers. Some are ok with mood stabilizers with ADs in conjunction. Some people with BP cannot take ADs at all w/o problems. Some can tolerate ADs in the form of SNRIs but not SSRIs. Is your head spinning yet?
Long and short of it?
BP needs a mood stabilizer. Whatever else might or might not be in conjunction with that is individual chemistry (as is one's reaction to the various mood stabilizers).
I totally agree with doing what works. You are on a mood stabilizer in addition to the ADs, so that is probably why it is working for you.
(BP (misdiagnosed as MDD at the time) on ADs alone? Can personally attest to the disaster that was!
)