What medications have you found to be most effective in controlling bi-polar moods?
2007-03-27 18:02:37 · 9 answers · asked by Constant Reader 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
*To be honest, medications only supress all the symptoms of BiPolar Disorder and anger caused from Bipolar disorder.
If medication is prescribed by your psychiatrist, by all means take it.
What has already been proved to help one a great deal with Bipolar disorder and anger is something that is called:
"Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy."
This has been the only successfully proven means of dealing with Bipolar !
Do some research, google it, to find, not just a Cognitive Therapist, but a "Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapist,"
in your area. Even if it means taking a 45 min. to an hour drive one way to see one, it will be well worth it.
2007-03-31 17:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most common mood stablizers are lithium, depakote and Lamictal. Lithium is the most traditional, but it can build up in your blood so you have to be carefully monitored. Lamictal is becoming more popular as a mood stablizer - although it was initally marketed as an anti-seizure med - because it has fewer side effects. Frequently one of these will be prescribed with an anti-depressant to control the lows better. Bipolar people should not be put exclusively on an anti-depressant because it will trigger an manic episode.
2007-03-28 07:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by fiVe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The most effective is Lithium. It puts the chemical back in the brain that it is lacking. Some other ones will make you impotent so be careful. My ex-boyfriend took alot of different stuff for his bi-polar disorder. Some worked real well, but had screwy side effects. Contact a doctor.
2007-03-28 01:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by queensassey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tell you doctor, right away if the medication is not working, cause he will want to change it. It is different for all people, but if you have bipolar you will have to take a medication for the rest of your life, or you will get highs where you think you are god, and lows, where you think you are the lowest thing on earth, so to have a family life , and job, you need to let the doctor know if your medication is not working. And you need to take it as he tells you too, every day, and nite if need be.
2007-03-28 03:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ladyofathousandfaces 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Geodon 40 mg (controls mania)
Abilify 10 mg (alleviates depression)
Lamictal 100 mg (overall mood stabilizer)
That's what I take and it's working pretty well.
I've also been on Depakote and Lexapro with no results.
Good luck!
2007-03-28 20:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by lexi m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My partner has bipolar. Lithium did nothing except make him gain 6kg in a few weeks and he slept all day. Zoloft helps control the lows.
He also takes a herb called St Johns Wort which controls depression, anxiety and anger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/st_john's_w...
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/...
http://www.hypericum.com/
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/st...
2007-03-28 02:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For me, Topamax seems to be the mood stabilizer of choice. For my father in law, it's Risperdal. I was on Risperdal for a while, and Lithium, and some others, but none of those seems to work as well for me as Topamax.
Seems to be different for everybody.
2007-03-28 01:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wellbutrin - before it went to the extended release. It was a great "stabilizer"
2007-03-28 01:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by Ade 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't have bipolar disorder but my clients report beneficial results with Depakote.
2007-03-28 01:54:36 · answer #9 · answered by Little Miss Scatterbrain 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋