Bipolar Disorder/lamictol

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Expert: - 1/9/2009


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QUESTION: If you take this medication for a year or two, what happens when you stop
taking it? How will you feel and what frame of mind will you be in?

ANSWER: Hi Jamie,
This is a question that is best asked to your psychiatrist, who should have an intimate knowledge of your circumstances.

I know that bipolar people benefit from going on a hypoglycemic diet.

See:

Self Help Personal Growth Program at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/self-help_personal_growth.html  and look up Bipolar Disorder.

_______________________________________________
Jurriaan Plesman
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman



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QUESTION: This medicine was prescribed for seizures. Having read that it is also prescribed
for people who are bipolar, I had some concerns about how it will effect you
mentally when you stop taking it. Do you have an answer for that?

Answer
Drug therapy is beyond my expertise and so I am reluctant to give an answer. You can ask any pharmacist or look up the drug by google searching for it. Withdrawing from drugs should always be under the supervision of a doctor. Why cannot you ask your doctor?

_______________________________________________
Jurriaan Plesman
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman  

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

Expertise

Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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