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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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While I agree with you on the drugs frontI prefer to try and keep them to a minimum. Unfortunately bipolar disorder is only ever going to be treated effectively with a pharmaceutical treatment.
As I understand it there aren't really any effective non-pharmaceutical(I'm just throwing this around now because I'm proud I can spell it!) treatments for mania.
FWIW I'm currently taking olanzapine to bring back down from being manic. A purpose it has fulfilled very, very successfully.
That could never have been achieved with a non-pharmaceutical treatment as I only infrequently believed anything was wrong and as time went by I was more and more convinced I was A-OK. If I didn't know as much as I do about bipolar disorder (Self diagnosis ftw!) I'm certain I'd be in a hospital bed right now...
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