Posted: 03/19/07 - 18:08 Post subject: Bipolar Disorder
I am a 30 year old female with 2 kids and a lovely husband. I have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in June 2005. I had to stay in a Clinic for 2 weeks and have been put on Epilim.
I have researched the drug and realised that it is actually for patients that suffer from epileptic fits. Why was I given this drug if it isn't really for Bipolar patients? I was given a booklet on Bipolar Disorder and this drug was never mentioned.
I am very concerned about my weight and have read that it makes you gain weight. For that reason I stopped taking the drug for more than a year and only recently (February 2007) went back on it, because I lost my temper at work too many times and was called in for it. Please can you advise me on a better drug which is not going to make me gain weight?
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