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Originally Posted by Secretum
I'm lucky; I can get away with only 2 meds. I think this is because I don't suffer heavily from anxiety (so I don't need a benzo) or insomnia (so I don't need a sleep aid). I do deal with psychosis, but antipsychotics can work as mood stabilizers, so I don't have to take another drug for that. I think many people with bipolar have issues with anxiety and sleep, that have to be treated in addition to the meds to treat the actual mood symptoms (mood stabilizers and antidepressants).
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Yeah it sucks. Before I went into the psychosis and ended up in the hospital where I was diagnosed with bipolar and PTSD, I only took 2 meds. One for depression and a sleep aid doxepin. I've struggled with insomnia since I had my son 18 yrs ago. I think that was the beginning of bipolar kicking in.
Now since the psychosis everything has changed. I need a ap or I get really paranoid. I need a med for the side effects of the ap. I take 7 meds now. I was pretty stable a couple months ago just on 4 meds. Hopefully I can get down to that again. But it sucks having anxiety and sleep issues. You're lucky.
