Comments on: Bipolar 2: What Is It and How Can It Be Treated? http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-2/ Coming to Grips with Bipolar Disorder Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:12:12 -0600 hourly 1 By: Allen Nowlin http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/2009/01/bipolar-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3926 Allen Nowlin Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:17:30 +0000 http://knowingbipolardisorder.com/?p=349#comment-3926 About 10 years ago I woke up with anxiety and could not sleep. That went on for about 6 months when I started using Alcohol at bedtime. It did help with sleep at first but developed into another problem. Don't use Alcohol. After 5 years of using alcohol at bedtime, I finally went to see a doctor that prescribed a sleeping aid. Another three years passed using sleeping pills sometimes and then back to alcohol. Back to the doctor and this time he prescribed Zanax for anxiety, and a different sleeping pill. A year ago another doctor prescribed Lexapro. It really helped with sleep and especially with anxiety. I started having side effects from the Lexapro including thoughts of suicide. I finally ended up in the hospital when I tried to kill myself. After two weeks in the wacky ward, the Psychiatrist diagnosed me as having Bipolar 2. He prescribed Lexapro in a smaller dose and Ability closely monitored for the 1st month. I took the drugs for 8 months and have been healed. I no longer have depression and anxiety. I sleep much better too. About 10 years ago I woke up with anxiety and could not sleep. That went on for about 6 months when I started using Alcohol at bedtime. It did help with sleep at first but developed into another problem. Don't use Alcohol.
After 5 years of using alcohol at bedtime, I finally went to see a doctor that prescribed a sleeping aid. Another three years passed using sleeping pills sometimes and then back to alcohol. Back to the doctor and this time he prescribed Zanax for anxiety, and a different sleeping pill.
A year ago another doctor prescribed Lexapro. It really helped with sleep and especially with anxiety. I started having side effects from the Lexapro including thoughts of
suicide. I finally ended up in the hospital when I tried to kill myself. After two weeks in the wacky ward, the Psychiatrist diagnosed me as having Bipolar 2. He prescribed Lexapro in a smaller dose and Ability closely monitored for the 1st month. I took the drugs for 8 months and have been healed. I no longer have depression and anxiety. I sleep much better too.

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