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Originally Posted by lawrenman
I don't use mood stablizers. The last suggestion my P-doc was considering was to put me on an antidepressent.
I'm not sure I want to try mood stabilizers. I've been using the AAP's as mood stabilizers.
I was considering getting on lithium. But it feels like the doc's want me on AAP's not mood stabilizers which leads to believe they think I have more issues with psychosis than mood.
I really don't think mood has been the issue either. I'm fairly certain that after my initial episode of mania with psychosis that after starting on anti-psychotics that psychosis is my main concern.
I might be having some rapid cycling here and there but the moods do not feel destabilizing.
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I'm a bit confused... If your having manic episodes or flipping into psychosis... Pdoc's "in general" will put people on a mood stabilizer , well...... because the goal is to stabilizer your mood.. Sure Ap's AAp's can be tossed into the mix, but ideally keeping your mood more stable is the main way of keeping a patient stable.
Lithium is the "gold standard" when it comes to Bipolar as it was the first medication to be actually made specifically for Bipolar and nothing else. Yeah, it comes with its own set of side effects.
When was the last time you spent any time at baseline for more than a few weeks? and what were on medication wise ?