For me, bipolar medication is not only mandatory but life-saving. I'd be one HOT mess if I weren't medicated. Some people do well on only one or two meds; others (like me) need several to keep their illness under control. And frankly, I don't know of many BP 1's who can manage without meds.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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