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#1
Nov 10, 2011, 06:32 PM
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I am currently on my journey to finding the right combination of meds, since being diagnosed with bipolar it has been about 4 months, and still tweaking my meds every 2 weeks or so.
How long did it take to find your right combination?
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Nov 10, 2011, 06:35 PM
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7 years
fired first physician and much happier with new one
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Nov 10, 2011, 06:47 PM
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I started trying when I was 17 and I'm now 33 and still searching. I'm really not trying to discourage you. I know a lot of people who felt better after trying one or two. Don't give up.
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#4
Nov 10, 2011, 08:07 PM
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I have been on the bipolar roller coaster for 11 years, and I have been on many combinations. It's different for different folks. Alas, some meds just seem to be less effective after awhile, or their side effects rear their ugly heads, etc. I suggest just taking it one day at a time. No use worrying about it. You will get stabilized at some point "after awhile," unless you're very unusual.
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Nov 10, 2011, 08:15 PM
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Besides a few bumps in the road, (a recent one occuring right now), the combo I'm on has been working quite well. It took 2-3 years. At the moment we are increasing the dosage of one of my meds. But, the combo is solid...the dosages just need tweaking. I've been on many different meds so it's nice to finally find a combo that works!
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Nov 10, 2011, 08:21 PM
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I was stable on my cocktail for two and a half yrs, then kaflouey. Depression. Getting worse for seven months, pdoc added lamictal but that takes awhile before we'll know.
Everyone's different, at different times. We just keep keeping on.
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#7
Nov 10, 2011, 08:47 PM
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Docs have been trying to find the right combination for about a year now. Started out with one pill and I am currently up to five. Now they are mostly adjusting dosages. From the beginning, I was told by my PDoc that sometimes they hit it right off the bat but sometimes it takes a while to get the right combination. I just keep believing that they will get it right.
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Nov 10, 2011, 10:10 PM
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Went off my meds over a year ago and just started back (on new meds) in April. Dx'd BP 1 in 2007. With meds I'm always a work in progress.
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Nov 10, 2011, 10:54 PM
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Find it, lose it, find it again. The longest time I have been stable and not fiddling with my meds was 18 months but then I was having ECT too for one year of that time. So down to six months stable on meds alone since 1999.
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Nov 11, 2011, 12:55 AM
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less than a year for me, guess i was lucky wellbutrin + topomax = stability for me
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Nov 11, 2011, 01:28 AM
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I use to flip out with worry over " when will they finally get my meds just right"
I really beleive its a combo of meds AND Therapy that can at least help me deal with Bipolar .. Everyone is differant ... Good luck ~ Good Luck ! Hope you find the right combo fast
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#12
Nov 11, 2011, 01:45 AM
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Quote:
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Lauru-------------That's me, Bipolar and Watching TV   I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. ---Robert Frost |
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