What is the treatment for bipolar disorder ?

Stabilize: After making sure you are not ingesting chemicals that depress or excite you, the medicines used to treat bipolar mainly stabilize the patient from the extremes of the depression or manic periods.

Medication/PsychT: Medication and psychotherapy both help with bipolar disorder in different ways. Medication will help with mood fluctuations and psychotherapy will help with symptom recognition and prevention as well as establishing routine/schedule, improving sleep, coping with the diagnosis of bipolar and looking for the triggers of mood swings.

Mood stabilizers: Mood stabilizers are used to treat bipolar disorder. Lithium and depakote would be two examples of mood stabilizers but there are others, depending on symptoms, and depending on what works for the patient.

Many: There are many alternatives of treatment... Depending of the type of bipolar disorder and the associated symptoms..

Meds plus therapy: In my practice, i generally treat my bipolar patients with a combination of an antipsychotic medication plus a mood stabilizer. Both my experience and the clinical research indicates that in general, that combination of medications give the patient the best chance of sustainable stability and remission. Sometimes other medications help, such as sleep medicines or antidepressants.

Mood stabilizers: Mood stabilizers are used to treat bipolar disorder. Lithium and depakote would be two examples of mood stabilizers but there are others, depending on symptoms, and depending on what works for the patient. Psychotherapy is also highly recommended. The combination is optimal with meds and therapy together, not just one or the other.