Hi comrades
A standard approach to BP is to use a mood stabilizer or a combination of them.
Now, there is no strict or rigourous or clear-cut agreement about the meaning of an MS except that it's the one which regulates your mood. However you also hear - even with these MS - that people can get very depressed or become hypomanic at times. So seemingly, no general rule applies, neither there exists till now what we can call the most effective, "safest" mood stabilizer.
Another approach, namely the one used by my original stupidely blessed pdoc is to use antipsychotics only, not only that but to mix a bunch of them typical with atypical, no problem. I thought at first that he wishes to see me die, but I resented directly this assumption because i concluded that he needs me dearly to pay him continuously. Now apart from diabetes, TD, neuroleptic....syndrome etc....how come i am surviving till now. You will tell me perhaps these symptoms will soon appear or in the future eventually even on low doses like the ones I use (25-50 seroquel, 1mg risperidone, 1mg stelazin), I agree and perhaps not and perhaps also i may switch to others one day.
My daily concern was that if I don't intervene aggressively with my BP I can get worse. But i don't see myself getting worse with this stupid combo. Besides, many drug companies producing these AP's tell you they have a stabilization property even some like seroquel can be used as monotherapy drug.
My question, am I the only pt taking these weird meds ?
thanks
ezz