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Mental Health Support

OregonBlue

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1. Glad you post here. Unfortunately I can't help much. My son is also bi-polar. He's 40 and has

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2018, 09:15 AM

May 2018

been diagnosed at various times with ADHD, Extreme Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, Schizophrenia, Treatment Resistant Depression and most recently High Functioning Autism. I can't even name all the meds he has been on over the years. He is now on an amazing cocktail of drugs which include antidepressants and Ziprasidone and Neurontin and seems to be doing quite well. I sure wish you luck. It's not an exact science and it really can take years to figure out the right combination. Keep us informed how it's working. He was never able to tolerate Lithium for some reason so I am interested in the combination you are talking about.

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Parnate and Lithium Carbonate, my upcoming combo [View all] steve2470 May 2018 OP

Glad you post here. Unfortunately I can't help much. My son is also bi-polar. He's 40 and has OregonBlue May 2018 #1

Good luck with this new regimen WhiteTara May 2018 #2