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green wolverine
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After my Pdoc fired me, I went off my meds and started using amino acids to control my bipolar 2. I take 5-htp and DL-phenylalanine to control the depression and GABA to control the hypomania. It costs me between around $50 a month for the supplements and my bipolar is more controlled than it's ever been.
Amino acids allow the brain to produce the necessary neurotransmitters needed to control your mood same as the meds do. For more info, check out the book What Your Doctor isn't Telling You About Depression. I'm not sure off the top of my head who wrote it but you can find it at Amazon.com.
Amino acids allow the brain to produce the necessary neurotransmitters needed to control your mood same as the meds do. For more info, check out the book What Your Doctor isn't Telling You About Depression. I'm not sure off the top of my head who wrote it but you can find it at Amazon.com.
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There are some of the older meds that are in the $4 categories at the major companies like Walgreen's and Walmart. The question is really do the work for you. Also check out pt assistance programs. For those you usually need a prescription from your doctor and info on income/lack of insurance. The drug companies give away a 6-1 year supply to those in need. Let me know what med you are needing and I cna hjelp find if a program exists for you.
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Alive again
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Just a few linnks with info for finding meds at a decreased cost. I hope I didn't duplicate any inks, but you will figure that out! 
Free or Low-Cost Prescription Medication Assistance
Prescription Medication Assistance Programs
Pharmaceutical Company Medication Assistance Programs
Drug Discount Cards
Beware of Free Medicine Ripoffs
Drug Discount Cards
NeedyMeds
Drug Discount Cards
Free or Low-Cost Prescription Medication Assistance
Prescription Medication Assistance Programs
Pharmaceutical Company Medication Assistance Programs
Drug Discount Cards
Beware of Free Medicine Ripoffs
Drug Discount Cards
NeedyMeds
Drug Discount Cards
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This response is probably a bit late, but Lamictal went generic fairly recently. It's the med that's helped me the most by far. I'm not sure how much it costs now, but it's undoubtedly cheaper than it was when I didn't have insurance!
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Lithium is low cost, and Seroquel will be available in a generic in pharmacy's soon. Those are two meds that are widely used for bipolar. Should talk to your Dr. about your meds - pharmacists know more about the costs. I haven't tried any alt/herbal/vitamin meds that have worked. I haven't tried Lamectil because I've got allergies - I've heard that Lamectil has allergic side effects.
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I have been wanting to try Lamictal. Right now I only take one 20mg Prozac
in the morning, but it's not enough to bring me up and out of this depression.
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Um, when my pdoc diagnosed me with mood disorder n.o.s. and put me on depakote, I finally got him to own up to why he really thought I should be on it. He admitted he thought I was bipolar. I haven't gone manic yet, so the new pdoc says nah. Depakote in the non long acting form is one of the 4 buck meds at wally world I think.
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