I have not had a “therapeutic” dose of anything I have tried so far. I only got to 40mg of Latuda and will start with 2mg of Abilify.

It seems that after a few weeks of low doses, I develop side effects. That’s why the last time I was on meds, I finally scrapped the whole thing and got ECT.
I did so well afterwards that my old P-doc began to question my diagnosis and for a few years, I walked around thinking I didn’t have bipolar.

My new T has helped me figure out that I actually do have it and that I was fortunate to have experienced stability for a good while.

I do not ever want ECT again so I am trying meds with a new p-doc who I have been with for about a year and so far she has been very conservative about dose, using one med at a time and seems to really listen to my needs.