Quote:
Originally Posted by ultramar
Just to clarify, this study was done with a combination of therapy *and* mood stabilizers. The recommendation, in the end, is no AD's, yes mood stabilizers combined with therapy. I personally don't think I could have ever gotten to how stable I am today without *both* a mood stabilizer (and AP) in combination with therapy. For me personally, this is what has helped -one or the other alone, I don't think would have gotten me this far.
|
Sorry, I should have been more clear...I just re-read my post, and I did make it seem like meds didn't play a role in my current good mood control. I do take an antipsychotic and two mood stabilizers and can't conceive of managing bipolar without the meds (in conjunction with therapy as you said). I just meant that my psychiatrist won't recommend a med change if it's something that is better addressed by therapy. For example, I recently had to have my dog put to sleep and have been very down--but that type of sadness was much better dealt with in therapy than with a med change/increase that might have masked the sadness to some extent, but would have caused weight gain and made me more sluggish. Sorry if I was unclear!
Best,
Hope