{"id":291,"date":"2012-09-08T22:47:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T05:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/07\/22\/bipolar-disorder-and-medications-lithium-zoloft-celexa-lamictal\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:20","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-medications-lithium-zoloft-celexa-lamictal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-medications-lithium-zoloft-celexa-lamictal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and Medications: Lithium, Zoloft, Celexa, Lamictal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here are some stories that illustrate a fact: bipolar disorder medication efficacy can change over time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– Lithium<\/strong>: My dear friend Rececca- who has bipolar I-\u00a0 took Lithium successfully for over eight years.\u00a0 Two years ago she had a severe manic\/psychotic episode without a major trigger. My coauthor Dr. John Preston calls them breakthrough mood swings. She spent the past two years on Lithium and Zyprexa. It was a tough two years, but she is doing SO well. I just talked with her today and I said, \u201cIt\u2019s so great to have\u00a0Rebecca back!\u201d She said that her husband feels the same. People do get better!<\/p>\n

– Zoloft:<\/strong> Another friend was on Zoloft for ten years. It stopped working effectively. She then tried Celexa. It worked for a while, but not as well as Zoloft. So she\u2019s going back on the Zoloft! It\u2019s an art to find out what drug works for you. It is a lifelong process for most of us.<\/p>\n

-Lamictal:<\/strong> As many of you know, I made a huge mistake a year and a half ago- I reduced my Lamictal because I thought it wasn\u2019t helping enough with my depression. I didn\u2019t realize it was helping me in so many other ways. When I finally got back up to my normal dose- the drug worked better. No kidding. It helped my depression a lot more than in the two prior years. I now find that I am struggling again with my Lamictal. It’ always a challenge!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t give up on your bipolar meds. The right meds can change your life!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here are some stories that illustrate a fact: bipolar disorder medication efficacy can change over time.<\/p>\n

– Lithium: My dear friend Rececca- who has bipolar I- took Lithium successfully for over eight years. Two years ago she had a severe manic\/psychotic episode without a major trigger. My coauthor Dr. John Preston calls them breakthrough mood swings. She spent the past two years on Lithium and Zyprexa. It was a tough two years, but she is doing SO well. I just talked with her today and I said, \u201cIt\u2019s so great to have Rebecca back!\u201d She said that her husband feels the same. People do get better!<\/p>\n

– Zoloft: Another friend was on Zoloft for ten years. It stopped working effectively. She then tried Celexa. It worked for a while, but not as well as Zoloft. [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11475,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/11475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}