Maintenance meds affecting you differently?

Hi all, I have bipolar disorder and take daily medication to control the mood swings. Last fall the Doc & I found a great dose of meds that worked well until 2 weeks ago. I began to cycle again 2 weeks ago, and crashed a couple of days - at work. It got ugly for sure. I was devastated! I thought I had this licked! It brought home that I can't cure this disease, that it can only be managed. But what I want to know is - have any of you had to have your maintenance drugs adjusted? There isn't really any research on bipolar individuals who have had weight loss surgery. I appreciate your insight. Thanks and great job to all of you! Barbie 281/206/150ish

I hope that everything turns out well for you hun!

Barbie, My Mom is bipolar and I have a friend who is as well, it seems like anything can change the med doseage, especially when there are changes from the norm for them. What changes more things than wls? While I can't speak to the affect of wls on bipolar symptoms, I know that wls affects other maintenance drugs, such as blood pressure, diabetes, pulmonary, etc. It only makes sense to me that it would also change doseages for bipolar as well. It would be an interesting topic for research, though, wouldn't it? Good luck and hope you get over this bump in the road soon! Let us know how you are doing! SArah