I also lost a lot to manias in the pust but for the last 5 years have been doing fine on well-fitting medication.
I recommend the approach called Social Rhythms and Personal Relationships Therapy for bipolar. It is evidence-based. It has helped me immensely on top of medications.
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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018
Lybalvi 10 mg
Naltrexone 75 mg
Gabapentin 1500 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)
Long-term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity BMI ~ 38
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