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Volante Posts: 918
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While there is no cure for Bipolar Disorder, I have read and heard that BP can go into remission. Has anyone enjoyed being in remission where the symptoms has disappeared and you are stabilized by your medication cocktail? Please let me know. I could use the hope. Bipolar I with psychotic features.
Lamictal 300mg
Latuda 160mg
Ativan 2mg as needed
Prazosin 4mg (Nightmares)
Percocet 5mg x 5 a day (Severe Headaches)
Oxycontin 20mg Twice a day (Severe Headaches)
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Dit Posts: 12071
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I spend 12 yrs working full-time (in and out of different jobs) highly functioning in my 20s. I did have some high stress times though (episodes) but they did go away and was right back up again. I was only taking an anti-dep and small dose of Klonopin. I look back on this and i think i was hypomanic a lot of the time...i also drank a lot of alcohol maybe to self medicate. I'm not sure if you'd call me in remission...i still took meds and had some episodes where i would leave jobs or they'd let me go which caused me a lot of stress. I honestly thought i was "well" and that i was no longer depressed or anxious. I did not know i had bipolar at that time, only found out in 2007. Post edited by: Dit, at: 04/03/2010 08:02 AM Post edited by: Dit, at: 04/03/2010 08:12 AM Be Still and Know That I Am - Scripture
12-Step Slogans - One Day/Moment at a Time/Just for Today/Let Go & Let God/But By the Grace of God
Live and Let Live/Easy Does It/This Too Shall Pass
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Bipolar I
Lithium 300 mgs, Lamotrigine 200 mgs, Klonopon (Clonazepam) .05mg more if needed, Clomipramine (Anafranil) 25 mgs, Abilify 5 mgs, Seroquel 25 mgs
Please note that I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My opinions are personal only. This site is not intended to be a substitution for professional care, nor is anyone here qualified to make diagnoses. |
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uppitywoman Posts: 42362
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I have not heard about BP remission. I do know that my symptoms are under control right now with the med cocktail I take and I feel stable in that I am not experiencing deep depression or mania, neither am I a zombie from the meds. With God, all things are possible
My blog:
http://uppitywomantwo.blogspot.com
Bipolar I
10mg Abilify--400mg Lamictal-90mg Cymbalta--25mg Ambien CR--200mg Topomax--30mg Temazapam--1mg Ativan as needed.
Please note that I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My opinions are personal only. This site is not intended to be a substitution for professional care, nor is anyone here qualified to make diagnoses. |
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YorkieLove Posts: 7028
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I have heard people say you can be in remission. If it can be called remission, then I'm in it. There is hope. Lisa
My advice is purely personal. I am not a Doctor and there is NO substitute for getting proper medical diagnosis and advice.
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Seroquel 150 mg
Effexor 150 mg
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cptblack Posts: 12381
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I would just say it was under control. Remission is when you can go without treatment for the condition. "The condition or period in which something, such as the symptoms a disease, is remitted". Second College Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary, Copywrite 1982. Clear as mud?  Post edited by: cptblack, at: 04/03/2010 10:23 AM Post edited by: cptblack, at: 04/04/2010 07:52 PM "Projecting the worst is a prescription for anxiety." Uppity |
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I don't think that BP goes into remission because most of us still have to take medication and/or go to therapy. However, there is stability. I have been stable and gainfully employed. I am also back in graduate school while I am working. I still have occasional episodes and issues that I am working through, but to the outside world, I appear "normal" and I am functioning in the world with everyone else. Is that what you're talking about? |
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santos63 Posts: 2524
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cptblack and CynthiaJ are both correct. Live in Perfect Love!
~Ana~
I worked as a RN, since 1993, I do not practice at present and my opinions are exactly that - opinions. Do not take any advice that I may offer as medical treatment. I will always defer treatments, etc to your MD, Pdoc, and/or pharmacist. What I share with you are my personal experiences, and basic knowledge that I learned as a nurse.
I have Diabetes, Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features and mixed, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and Chronic Low Back Pain with bulging discs in back and neck, Asthma, Hypothyroidism, Arthritis in lumbar and sacral areas, lumbar disc displacement, Degeneration of lumbar intervertebral discs, Lumbosacral radiculitis, DJD |
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Volante Posts: 918
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Thanks for the clarity on remission Cptblack. What I really wanted to know is it possible to be symptom free for long periods of time? Bipolar I with psychotic features.
Lamictal 300mg
Latuda 160mg
Ativan 2mg as needed
Prazosin 4mg (Nightmares)
Percocet 5mg x 5 a day (Severe Headaches)
Oxycontin 20mg Twice a day (Severe Headaches) |
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santos63 Posts: 2524
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It really depends on the individual, environmental factors such as stress, are you compliant with your meds and see your pdoc regularly, etc. Live in Perfect Love!
~Ana~
I worked as a RN, since 1993, I do not practice at present and my opinions are exactly that - opinions. Do not take any advice that I may offer as medical treatment. I will always defer treatments, etc to your MD, Pdoc, and/or pharmacist. What I share with you are my personal experiences, and basic knowledge that I learned as a nurse.
I have Diabetes, Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features and mixed, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and Chronic Low Back Pain with bulging discs in back and neck, Asthma, Hypothyroidism, Arthritis in lumbar and sacral areas, lumbar disc displacement, Degeneration of lumbar intervertebral discs, Lumbosacral radiculitis, DJD |
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UnsureOfMyself Posts: 683
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I believe I am in remission now, I am getting things done, getting very very productive, going to work, building a company, and enjoying every minute of it. The only time I get feeling in rough shape and like old thoughts are coming back is when my ex gives me a hassle about trying to see my daughter. My friends call me Jonesy
If I was to tell you I was crazy, you`d laugh it off, if I was to tell you I have a depressive disorder thats controllable with medication, you`d label me crazy. Kinda backwards, I say.... |
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