Even once a person has been stabilized on the meds, though your sil may still be in the med trial stage and not truly stabilized, it is still possible to have breakthrough episodes of depression, mania, or mixed. This can be caused by environmental factors such as stress, sleep, or sunlight. Additionally as time goes on the body reacts differently to the meds and dosages must be changes or meds may be changed, added or removed, altogether. I hope that this might help.
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---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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