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Suggest Treatment For Bipolar Disorder

My daughter has manic depression and a chemical imbalance, bipolar they say, she just got out of the hospital. I fill she is over dose with medication because it hard for her to pick her self up very tired and just want to sleep, fatigue, weight gain and can become irritable she is. the medication she is on is zyprexa-zydis 10 mg twice a day, celexa 10 mg once a day and Depakote ER 500 mg twice a day she was given Haldol 100 mg Deconante long term plus 15 mg more all in the same day plus 10mg twice a day, I fell my daughter is over dose
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Thanks for your query, In my opinion, the symptoms that you have described can be both because of medications side effects and can at times part of depressive symptoms. she needs to be reviewed both for her symptoms and for her treatment to be rationalized.
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Suggest Treatment For Bipolar Disorder

Thanks for your query, In my opinion, the symptoms that you have described can be both because of medications side effects and can at times part of depressive symptoms. she needs to be reviewed both for her symptoms and for her treatment to be rationalized.