I recently found out I have it and I’m afraid of taking pills for it. Those side effects scare me more than that of marijuana, which I heard can be affective for some patients.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_of_bipolar_disorder

Doctors in the United States

My ex has bi polar disorder and will not admit it to himself and will not seek treatment. As a result, I don’t want him around at all and that makes it very hard on me raising our daughter on my own. Also he doesn’t pay child support and I resent that. Is there anything I can do to force him to seek treatment?

i have bipolar disorder. what will happen if i don’t get meds or psychiatric help? will i go insane? what’s hte worst thing that can happen to me?

I have been taking Lamictal for the treatment of bipolar 1 disorder for almost 4 years. I’ve tried to get off the stuff but withdrawl symptoms are unbearable. That and the fact that nothing else seems to work. I know that only a couple of meds are approved for longterm use. Does anyone know if Lamictal is one of them? If I cannot get off this how much damage will it do to my system? What other problems will Lamictal cause with longterm use?

this med says it’s for epilepsy but was perscribed when patient said he felt he was in a depressed slump.

I think Bipolar people have memory loss because of treatment side-effects, and also I think if they are on a manic episode, they will forget what they did? correct? How much of a chunk of your memory will you forget?