CURRENTLY I'm on Lamictal (lamotragine) and Effexor -- which work wonderfully. But it took a looooong time to get the cocktail right...in the past my Doc and I tried Zoloft, Depakote, Welbutrin, Trazadone, Clonapin, and some others that I've forgotten. I'm Bipolar II, which is a bit more challenging to treat than Bipolar I. We're kinda the "orphans" of Bipolar World because no one really *noticed* us for a long time (we don't actually get "manic") and therefore no one quite knows what to do with us -- pharmacologically speaking, at least
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Example: I was on FIFTEEN Omega-3 fish oil capsules a day for several years because Harvard Medical School said it was a "good thing" for Bipolar II. It was, however, NOT a "good thing" for my digestive system as I spent 18 hours a day producing fishy-flavored burps. Lovely.