When I first went to my GP complaining of voices he gave me ambien for my insomnia. Then my first pdoc gave me Seroquel because the ambien didn't do anything except make me trip!

Lexapro, which made me manic as f_ck b/c of no AP or MS

[liveforsummer]

Impiramine years ago. Made me manic.

[Gabyunbound]

First MI drug: low dose of Celexa. Did nothing to or for me either way, as I recall, but my recall is pretty poor. First BP drug was Lamictal.

[rwwff]

depakote, smushed everything flat once it hit a therapeutic level. We went up slowly as I wasn't in the hospital.

[Miss Laura]

First depression med was Prozac 20mg but that messed with my head more than I think my GP thought it would. Can't take anti-depressants anymore they make me manic oops!!

First Bipolar med was Depakote 250mg been on it for 7 years

[bioChE]

First med was Klonopin for anxiety/racing thoughts.

[wildflowerchild25]

I want to say Zoloft but that was sooooo long ago (I was only 14). When my symptoms came back in 2012 after being med free for six years, we started with celexa and abilify. One or the combo made me mixed as hell and I ended up hospitalized. It took me a long time to find the right combo. Currently I am stable on latuda monotherapy. I'm glad I'm down to just one med. I wish I could go off of it and see how I do but I'm too scared.

[*Laurie*]

Klonopin many years ago, when it was new and considered a 'wonder drug.' Back then, no one knew how addictive Klonopin is.

[Guiness187055]

Zoloft my GP gave it to me along with .25mg xanax. the zoloft turned me in to a raging lunatic. I was then referred to my first pdoc. this was about 16 years ago.

First time on meds was in the 90's and in the 90's it was all
About the Prozac so that's the first med they tried me on. First BP med was lamictal.

[Nammu]

Amitriptyline.....decades ago sent me into a mixed episode and straight into ip from a suicide attempt.

[Moose72]

Zoloft in 1997 for ppdepression and Depakote in 2005 for bipolar.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Zoloft when I was 17

[Unrigged64072835]

Prozac, over twenty years ago.

[Daonnachd]

I can't remember what antidepressant it was, but it made me homicidal. That put me in the hospital for the first time.

[scatterbrained04]

The first meds I was ever put on were lamictal and gabapentin. They were started the same day.

[xRavenx]

Zoloft. That turned into a nightmare....especially when they decided to bring it back in combo with my mood stabilizers. No more SSRI's for me, no matter what, because of the mania risk.

[Nammu]

Wonder how many of us ended up in the hospital that's to wrong meds?

[Victoria'smom]

Lexapro was my first.

[99fairies]

effexor was my first.

[VerMOZZica]

Effexor was the first medication I was prescribed. I was only being treated for depression back then. I hadn't been diagnosed as bipolar back then. It really sucked to get off of it.

[Kuras]

Zoloft at 12 years old. Back when doctors didn't yet know what was really wrong with me. Had to get off it because it made me extremely suicidal.

[BipolaRNurse]

I started out with Prozac, I was diagnosed with only depression at the time. I gained 35 lbs. in short order, and went off it.

My first bipolar med was Lamictal, which I started over five years ago. Who knew I'd need a total of six psych meds to keep me stable. Sometimes that boggles my mind.

[porcelainboy]

I also started with Prozac when I was 12, because my psychiatrist and therapist thought I was just depressed and anxious. The small dose he gave me wasn't effective, but then when we increased the dose I became extremely manic and psychotic, and suicidal. I went through a myriad of diagnoses before they actually realized it was bipolar and put me on a mood stabilizer, though looking back it should've been quite obvious.