Quote Originally Posted by makaikhaan View Post
I'm sorry, Redleg. Bipolar However, I know for him, a few things helped. First, he stopped drinking truckloads of mountain dew(he used to just carry 2 liters around with him). Apparently large amounts of caffeine will render the meds inefficient. He also stopped hanging around with some of his friends who were poor influences on him, and he drastically cut his alcohol intake(though he by no means cut it completely). However, he'd also had years of counseling, so its quite possible that many of these things were simply results of the the counseling, and not actual behavioral causes themselves. A little after that, he managed to get a steady job doing what he love doing; fixing cars. I think that's what really has helped him out the most, being able to occupy his time with something productive that he loves doing. Does your wife have a job, Redleg?
Oh glad to hear your brother is doing well with the condition.

Unfortunely for my wife the best med combinations but her sodium and potasium levels at a life threatening point and the meds had to be changed after 3 years of great success. Then over the last 2 years we have been in the rapid cycle changes as we work with the doctors on getting the meds right again.