I would stop the minute I knew I was pregnant but I wonder that since the manufacturers don’t know if anyone can tell me please.

I was thinking lithium was the wonder drug for bipolar but now I’ve been reading a lot of people who have been dissatisfied with it and its side effects. Well, also some people who say it helped. But anyway… I know there are countless medications to treat bipolar and I was wondering what the best ones are, which have the fewest side effects and are the safest.

Thanks.

well uh i don’t no where to start, I’am 26 and i been using drugs sense i was 15 and my parents have died when i was 8(mother) and 12(father). I went to a foster home and there they really did not like me where it got to a point were they started to beat on me and throw me out of the house at times in the middle of the night to when i got back to the house. long story short i went to therapy and rehab but its always relapse for me is there any other way to get help? or em i going to die sooner then i think?
i have done rehab over 23 times and nothing has changed.

Honestly, I am unsure if my diagnosis is correct. I do not have a lot of faith in my psychiatrist for my own reasons. In one 20 minute meeting he diagnosed me with biploar disorder, dissociative disorder and borderline personlaity disorder followed my a heavy regime of drugs. This was 2 years ago. I have sinse left his practice and only stayed on one medication that my general doctor perscribed (Risperdal). I am unsure as to my true disgnosis or if I am truely ill or not? I am staying on the Risperdal because I feel like it does help stabilize my mood, however, this could all be in my head too. I would like to discontinue the Risperdal because of the joint and muscle aches that I get from it. I have also gained 25 lbs on this drug. Any suggestion on that I should do? Do I look for another psychiatrist? Should I attempt a “talk therapist,” should I discontinue the drug on my own? I’m open to opinions. Thanks!

I am considerating getting some illegal drugs to help with this crazy felling. I have read and studied anything and everything I can to help myself with this. I can’t live like this . Anyone else feel this way? My family don’t care, doctors dismiss you in a hurry. What does everyone else do? I forgot what quality in life is.

suffer from depression, bipolar, anxiety, drugs help and make me feel normal why be sober ?

I hate any kind of mind altering drug legal or not. They have these bad side effects and my husband is not serving God anymore since he has been on these “mood stabilizers”. They have changed him into something else. I believe God has natural cures for bipolar such as fish oil and most important prayer and following God. Is there any Bible verses I can show him that will speak against mind altering drugs? Thanks in advance.. I hate these drugs and hate their side effects and think they should be ILLEGAL!!

I was recentl;y diagnosed as bipolar II syndrome but most of the drugs they prescribe make you gain weight, is there another way I can regulate my moods with foods and herbals?

I’m on pills and have no interest in collecting opinions or theories.