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Is Prozac Advisable For Treating Bipolar Disorder?

Hi,My name is Elizabeth and im 22 years young. Ive had a hard childhood and grow up fast for my age. For years I suffered without lnowing what was truly wrong. I a doc said i was ADHD by age 16. later i got serve manic bio- polar depression.. in your opinion, is prozac enough to treat my condition, therapy helps, but ijust isnt enough. ive with through some maybe depression meds to find one that dpoesnt make me worse mainic. wellburtern never worked idk if it was because i was on my adderal as well. it made my jumpy and super manic. i discontinued. and prozac seemed to really relax a bit more. still noticing mt anger seemed alittle better but the depression side seems alittle up (manic). ans is it also ok to take 2 anti depressants together ? I also start online cyber sercurity in 4 weeks online for 4 years and im super manic about the whole thing i have talked myself in and out and back in about 3 or 4 times. nothing ever seems to be certain with me. any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated ! Thanks for your time. Please try and get back with me ASAP. LIZ
Wed, 22 Aug 2018
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Hello,

Prozac is having Fluoxetin.
It is newer antidepressant drug.
So it will take care of depression.
But it has no effect on Mania.
Bipolar disease shows both, mania android depression.
So only Prozac will not solve your problem.
You need to take an antimaniac drug like Lithium along with Prozac.
So better to consult psychiatrist and discuss all these.

Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Is Prozac Advisable For Treating Bipolar Disorder?

Hello, Prozac is having Fluoxetin. It is newer antidepressant drug. So it will take care of depression. But it has no effect on Mania. Bipolar disease shows both, mania android depression. So only Prozac will not solve your problem. You need to take an antimaniac drug like Lithium along with Prozac. So better to consult psychiatrist and discuss all these. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.