Bipolar Disorder Questions

Dear Pradeep,
I don't know, since how long you are taking these medicines. I don't know the diagnosis of your disorder. All these 3 medicines have been started at a low dose for you to tolerate the side effects. After 2-3 weeks, it will be increased to an effective dose. Then, there will be improvement. Please inform your doctor about the effective medicine and dose of it, in your previous episode.

Dear Priya,
Good mood stabiliser like lamitec will help you in the long run. Please don't stop them. Olimelt may be lowered or stopped according to your need vs side effects.

You are on suboptimal prophylactic dosage of medicines, possibly you are experiencing subsyndromal affective symptoms. Medicines need to be titrated in you which is possible only with consultation. Moreover you need to learn chronological and behavioral aspect of disorder in order to sustain normal mood state. This is an important aspect of bipolar disorder which if taken care along with medicines makes excellent outcome.

Exercise

Increase the amount of time you spend exercising. Exercise necessitates attention, which might distract you from your fears and anxieties.

Relax

Learning relaxation techniques can assist you in dealing with both mental and physical fears. Simply lowering your shoulders and inhaling deeply can help. Consider imagining yourself in a relaxed environment. You may also learn yoga, meditation, or massage techniques, or listen to the Mental Health Foundation's wellbe...more

Exercise

Increase the amount of time you spend exercising. Exercise necessitates attention, which might distract you from your fears and anxieties.

Relax

Learning relaxation techniques can assist you in dealing with both mental and physical fears. Simply lowering your shoulders and inhaling deeply can help. Consider imagining yourself in a relaxed environment. You may also learn yoga, meditation, or massage techniques, or listen to the Mental Health Foundation's wellbe...more

Ketamine helps in depressive disorder or depressive phase of bipolar mood disorder. It doesn't help in mania, hypomania or mixed phase of bipolar disorder.
Your condition needs to be assessed first, to come to conclusion if ketamine infusions are going to help you or not!
I have experience of administering more than 300 ketamine infusion for my patients suffering from treatment resistant depressive phase of mood disorder conditions.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
There's no cure for bipolar disorder, but you can manage your condition by following a treatment plan and making lifestyle modifications. In severe cases of depression, temporary hospitalization may be required.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
There is no cure for bipolar disorder, but through behavior therapy and the right combination of mood stabilizers and other bipolar medicines, most people with bipolar disorder can live normal, productive lives and control the illness.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.

Hello Lybrate user,
bipolar disorder is combination of mania & depression. Some times patient will have the symptoms of mania & sometimes depression.in depression patient will having low appetite, low mood ,no interest, insomnia etc
if you see any changes in patients mood need to immediately consult with your psychiatrist. So he can prescribe the medicines according to current symptoms of patient.in psychiatric disease regular follow up with psychiatrist & regular intake of medicine is v...more

Hello Lybrate user,
in any kind of physical illness we need to continue the medication to overcome from the disease. The same thing applied in psychiatric illness. If we want to overcome from the disease we need to continue the medicine which prescribed by the psychiatrist. It will help to decrease the symptoms as well as the illness. Thank you, have a speedy recovery.