Thread: Dr was right?
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Old Oct 17, 2020, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bpcyclist View Post
Yeah. I hear you. I do. All of us basically without exception are in a never-ending and continuous process of tweaking and adjusting our meds. At this point, having been on more than 50 different drugs over the decades with this deal, I would be quite skeptical of the accuracy of a bp 1 diagnosis on anyone who has really longstanding euthymia on a single, static regimen
Of course. It can happen for spurts. But it just is not the nature of the bipolar illness for most of us. It is an ever-shifting set of neurobiologic circumstances.

Hang in there! You will get through this!
I have to respectfully disagree. I've been on a static regimen for some 5 years, have episodes only(?) about 2-3 times a year, and each time either my AP is temporarily increased or an additional AP is temporarily prescribed. This is how my pdoc roles and I like it. If my current regimen is working, then let's leave it alone and only make temporary changes when needed. In any case, what works for me may well not work for others.
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Bipolar 1
Lamictal: 400 mg
Latuda: 60mg
Klonopin: 1 mg
Propranolol: 10 mg
Zoloft: 100 mg
Temazepam: 15 mg
Zyprexa 5-10mg prn

(for Central Pain Syndrome: methadone 20 mg; for chronic back pain: meloxicam 15 mg; for migraines: prochlorperazine prn)
Thanks for this!
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