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Diagnosed With Bipolar Depression, On Numerous Medications, No Relief. What Can Be Done?

I am very discuraged I have seen several doctors and I have been diognosed with bipolar depression . I have been on numerours medications for appromimately four years and I am still having serious problems. Did have a problem with alcohol but I have not touched it in exactly four years. I have many stressers and no money to pay a doctor to review all my medications and tell me what how to tweek them so I can get better and move on with my life but I feel like I need to do somthing to help my self and my family. I am always sick, crying and/or cannot cope with day to day life. My main pills are topamax , lamictal , Klonapin seraquil and at night I take a half a pill to help me sleep I can t think of the name of it right now starts with an R. can you please help me. I just want to the doctor today and he wants me to take even more medicine wellbutren. but my past experence with this drug only made matters worse more sad and tired.
Mon, 7 Oct 2013
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Hello,

Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.

I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.

You are already on plenty of drugs. Adding one more wont help. You have not mentioned the doses as inadequate doses is one of mean reason for low response.
Best thing would be stop everything gradually and start on the new drugs one by one. But before thay make sure psychiatrisy knows about this.
ECT is also a good option in your case.


Hope I am able to answer your concerns.

If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.

In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:

bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy



Wish you good health,

Kind regards

Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.

Neuro-Psychiatrist and Sexologist
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Diagnosed With Bipolar Depression, On Numerous Medications, No Relief. What Can Be Done?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. You are already on plenty of drugs. Adding one more wont help. You have not mentioned the doses as inadequate doses is one of mean reason for low response. Best thing would be stop everything gradually and start on the new drugs one by one. But before thay make sure psychiatrisy knows about this. ECT is also a good option in your case. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D. Neuro-Psychiatrist and Sexologist