As my pdoc put it, I still cycle---I just don't notice it as much. The meds mask it. Which is great, because my moods are basically stable; I usually just have some hypomania in the spring/early summer and mild depression in the fall/winter months. I also used to be rapid-cycling before I was put on two APs, and now I'm not.
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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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