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Old Dec 24, 2017, 11:17 PM
laracroft3 laracroft3 is offline
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Originally Posted by tecomsin View Post
It's not possible to generalize when it comes to bipolar. I've learned that lamictal at therapeutic doses didn't prevent a manic episode, and lithium at doses I was able to take also didn't. I can take oxycarbamazapine but that knocks me out so after many relapses into psychosis I understood that I'll be on an antipsychotic for life.

Some meds are more important for long term stability than others. Which meds were you taking/ It's usually the ADs that diminish sex drive.
I've been taking Risperdal and Zoloft. I'm going to have to continue to take the antipsychotic for a while. I just didn't expect that medication was going to be officially apart of my life. But I'm learning more about this condition as I go along. Noticing all the signals of how to tell when I'm manic.
Thanks for this!
tecomsin