Article by Michael Harrah

Looking through the evolution and development of bipolar disorder or also known as manic depression medications, you can say that they’ve changed dramatically but experts are still on the lookout for the best bipolar medication. Currently, bipolar patients are at the same time subjected to varying medications instead of just be given with a single medication that will totally take care of the problem. In the past, lithium has been the best bipolar medication used for patients. This was discovered in 1949 as an effective mediation in taking care of bipolar disorder. Although it’s considered to be the best, it’s still not a standalone medication as other medications should also be included with it to ensure its effectiveness. Apart from lithium, other medications like anticonvulsants are used for treating bipolar disorders. Examples of these are Depakote, Lamictal, tegretol, trileptal and others. The focus of these medications is to manage seizure disorders. Many physicians find them effective for managing a bipolar disorder so it’s been used throughout the years.

The next type of bipolar treatment is the antipsychotics. The main task of these drugs is to stabilize mood as they work directly to the brain and neurotransmitters. They balance the levels of different neurotransmitters to ensure mood stability. The most common antipsychotics in the market are Geodon, Abilify, Seroquel, Zyprexa, and clorazil. Typically, this type of drug is considered as the best bipolar medication. While antipsychotics are regarded as the best bipolar medication, antidepressants are considered to be not the most helpful medication for this problem as they can trigger the occurrences of bipolar episodes to patients.

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Article by Dan Micheals

Another name for bipolar disorder is manic depression and it is often debilitating to those that are living with it. This does not include the impact that it has on the people around them that love them. It is important to know that there are two types of bipolar disorders. The first is bipolar disorder I which has moments of euphoria and moments of mania that are then accompanied by feelings of depression. Meaning that there are times when the person feels really good and times that the person feels really bad. Bipolar disorder II has alternating moments of hypomania and depression; this is the less severe of the two types.

The total number of people afflicted with a bipolar disorder is a little over two million, in the U.S. alone and the age range starts as young as 6 years old. With such a disparity in age, anyone can understand why finding a natural way to treat such a severe disorder naturally is important. You don’t want to start your child on a medication that is suppose to help them only to cause them more health problems down the road. The good news is, you don’t have to. There are effective natural treatment options.

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Bipolar depression is one term for what’s formally called bipolar disorder, and used to be called manic depressive illness. Most of us have heard of it at some point, and you may be wondering if it’s responsible for your mood swings or difficulties relating to others. You might also be worried about a friend or family member. However, the signs of bipolar disorder also resemble those of several other disorders, so it can be hard to tell on your own. Even mental health personnel can have trouble diagnosing this disorder because it overlaps with so many other illnesses.

About half of people eventually diagnosed as being bipolar see three or more mental health professionals before they get a good diagnosis, with about a third of them receiving their diagnosis more than ten years after looking for treatment. That can make dealing with bipolar depression and manic phases even harder. People who suffer from this disease may be misdiagnosed as and treated for depression, borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia or ADHD.

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If you have bipolar disorder, you will probably need medication. You may need it for the rest of your life. That can be hard to accept. Some people see medication as a crutch or a weakness; instead they want to get better on their own.

But you have to remember that bipolar disorder is a real medical illness. It’s not something you can cure with willpower. Taking bipolar disorder medication is just like taking medication for high blood pressure or heart disease.Medication can be like a pair of glasses. Bipolar disorder distorts your view of things; medication may allow you to see clearly again.

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How can a teenager be diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder? I mean, wouldn’t you be easily confused with the tendancy young people have to rapidly change moods? Look, I’m almost positive that I’m Bipolar, but my mom thinks it is just regular teenage mood swings. I think it’s too severe for that. I sort of want to be diagnosed as being Bipolar because I want help. I don’t like what happens to me, but I can’t really fight it. If you’d like to know WHY I think I’m bipolar…

-I eat a lot all the time.
-I have trouble waking up.
-I have trouble falling asleep.
-I can become extremely angry in a heartbeat over absolutely nothing. In my anger, I have physically hurt people and damaged my house and my belongings. I can’t really control my anger or stop myself.
-I can feel unexplainably happy or hyper out of no where.
-I can’t really concentrate on one task.
-I often have thoughts about suicide and running away.
-I have trouble talking to others.

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I’m broke and my mind just goes crazy a lot, and I have never been on medication

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.

He has a very short attention span. He also has a lot of trouble reading and remembering.

I prefer answers from people who have taken more than one type of these medications and have found one better than the rest…

I tried Prozac, with fair results and Lexapro, which I found fairly helpful also. I am determined to stay completely off of alcohol from here on out. I realize that everyone responds differently to meds, but I’m wondering what people have found better between the common SSRIs: Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Wellbutrin, Effexor, and the others. Thanks…

Oh, and I’m NOT considering suicide, just having thoughts of wanting life to be much more than I’ve made it in recent years…