Sylvia... you may want to look into Lamictal. You make find that the reasoning a doctor gave you about Depakote and seizures fits well with this. I understand Cymbalta works well and is fairly fast-acting.

Good luck.

About diet, one thing is a given: you can't control everything. You can induce anxiety to that end. Or suddenly develop an allergic reaction to one of those supplements. The other thing to consider is the synergy in which these dietary things do. One may cause X, but another combined with it may cause Y, something else entirely. It's an equation that you'll pull your hair out trying to get to the bottom to.

The downside: smoking. Switch to nicotine lozenges. Smoking is horrible for bipolar disorder and depression.

Again, good luck!

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The downside: smoking. Switch to nicotine lozenges. Smoking is horrible for bipolar disorder and depression.

Can you elaborate a bit Vic-Luc?

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The downside: smoking. Switch to nicotine lozenges. Smoking is horrible for bipolar disorder and depression.

Can you elaborate a bit Vic-Luc?

I've been debating whether to try and explaining it simply or going the science route and this is where I'm stuck. Everything I've learned shows that not only does smoking predispose one to future mental illness, it doesn't do anything but exacerbate those that suffer from existing mental illness.

As of 1994, research suggested not discouraging people from smoking if they were depressed. 13 years of neuroscience research later, the opposite is true.

I'll try and find a balance when explaining this. You switch to lozenges with the eventual goal of quitting.