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How Can Bipolar Disorder Be Treated?

i am diagnosed with bipolar but the meds make me try suicide. i am not on any bipolar meds any longer but i need some sort of treatment for this disorder. it is ruining my life. full diagnosis is mixed bipolar 1, major depression, anxiety and panic disorder. i take vallium for the anxiety and panic disorder. my doctor recently put me on oxcarbazepine. what can i do to help control the bipolar? I can t function day to day.
Sat, 21 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

You need to take medicine. Medicine do not worsen thing but it changes the normal path of your illness. Suicide is a part of illness and its not a side effect of medicine. You need to be on a mood stabilizer to take care of your mixed and depression episodes. Once you are stable, anxiety and panic attack will subside as they are usually co-morbid with bipolar illness.

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How Can Bipolar Disorder Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. You need to take medicine. Medicine do not worsen thing but it changes the normal path of your illness. Suicide is a part of illness and its not a side effect of medicine. You need to be on a mood stabilizer to take care of your mixed and depression episodes. Once you are stable, anxiety and panic attack will subside as they are usually co-morbid with bipolar illness. Best wishes. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.