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I don't know much about Gabapentin as a mood stabilizer (or any people who take it), so I'm wondering if anyone here can share what mental health symptoms it has been helpful for?

I am switching from 20mg olanzapine (zyprexa
) to Haloperidol (Haldol) I’ve already done my weaning of olanzapine not the nicest any experiences of haloperidol please?

I have been binge watching a series in which the protagonist is bipolar. It's hard for me to watch because I see myself and it's embarrassing. The drastic mood swings, the anger, the over-the-top behavior. I have, on-and-off for years tried to say that I'm not bipolar, but in watching this series it's like looking in a mirror.

20 years ago if someone told me the things i know now, i would have thought they were mentally ill and think they need a psychiatrist. Now 20 years later i think of this and i am now that person who is labeled mentally ill for what i know. It's a lonely place to be. I'm in a very painful place. My family, loved ones, ex-psychiatrist have conspired against me, yet of course it looks ...

20 years ago if someone told me the things i know now, i would have thought they were mentally ill and think they need a psychiatrist. Now 20 years later i think of this and i am now that person who is labeled mentally ill for what i know. It's a lonely place to be. I'm in a very painful place. My family, loved ones, ex-psychiatrist have conspired against me, yet of course it looks ...

I have recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 and I'm trying to understand it better. Basically, I get (what looks and feels like) hypomanic episodes (I'm definitely elevated but can function in social situations) but during these episodes I get psychotic symptoms (hearing voices and persecutory paranoia).
Is this technically mania?
Thank you for any info you can give me!

Hello

I'm diagnosed with Bipolar II, two years stable now, and I was wondering what other people with bipolar II take for maintenance therapy. I'm taking 400 mg Lamictal (Lamotrigine), 5 mg Zyprexa (Olanzapine) and 150 mg Zoloft (Sertraline). The Lamictal and Zoloft are so highly dosed because I metabolizes medication very quickly.

I've taken Lithium as a preventative measure for racing thoughts for years and found it helpful - unless the dose is too high which causes me to have almost no thoughts at all.

I'm wondering what people's experiences with medications prescribed as mood stabilizers are, and what they have helped for?

If there are ones, I'm most interested in hearing about people's experiences with ones other than Lithium, Lamictal/Lamotrigine, Valproic Acid/Divalproex, or antipsychotics like Abilify, ...

I started on 150 mg. of Welbutrin a few weeks ago. I stopped because my spouse said I was irritable. If I took a higher does, would the irritability go away? Or make it worse. Has anyone else had this problem?

I have been on Latuda and Risperidone before. Can anyone tell me more about Vraylar from your experience? Is it better than the meds I mentioned? In terms of like efficacy and side effects how is Vraylar?