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Wander: Thank you, and I'm sorry to hear that your episodes have lasted that long. I thought six months was bad but nine years really sounds like hell. I definitely know what you mean about episodes coming back after a short break. I've been experiencing the same for the past few years, but luckily they're not always mixed for me.
I'll look into Ziprasidone, thanks for that! One of the things that makes it so frustrating is that it's so hard to find the right med combo because it's different for everyone. It would be so nice if certain meds were known to "just work" for different kinds of episodes and it wasn't such a crapshoot.