BM> Prozac is not the medication of choice for treatment of bipolar
BM> disorder.  Bipolar disorder is most usually treated with lithium in
BM> one of it's many incarnations in combination with, most often,
BM> carbamazepine.
The reason why it is not a treatment of choice for bipolar individuals
is that there have been too many lousy results from doing just that.
BM> I don't have to go into what prozac us most usually prescribed for
BM> since I'm sure you already know but insist on manipulating
BM> information in attempts to support your thesis.
The goal is to relieve depression, not to do anything else.  In the case
of the bipolar, this becomes intolerable at times.  The lithium takes
the high down and brings the depressed cycles up.  At times, the bipolar
can become suicidal in the lows.  That is when another medication is
usually prescribed.
However, eating tryptoophan and elevating serotonin levels by
nutritional methods will work just as well and not elevate them
temporarily to the point where the individual acts like a schizophrenic
for a brief period of time.
BM> What tripe!  If I were taking a medication and had an adverse side
BM> effect I wouldn't call my doc and "demand" anything.  I'd simply stop
BM> taking it and TELL her that the med was not right for me and TELL her
BM> that an alternative was needed.
It would be very useful for you to have a long discussion on that
subject with either a nurse who works in a detox unit, a doctor who is a
specialist in addictions, or a pharmacist.  There is a danger in doing
this that cannot be overemphasized.  Quitting abruptly will put someone
in danger in certain instances.  And any blanket statement such as yours
above indicates a total and complete lack of any real knowledge in this
subject.
Therefore, I see no use in trying to continue any further discussion on
the subject of chemical dependency or drug use with you.
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