Hi there from North Carolina!

I wanted to ask, there's 2 new meds that I'm on that I'm not sure about. I know 1's for ADD (I'm 36, but it's also prescribed typically for kids amazingly). The other's Alprazolam ER. I used to take just Xanax along w/2 others which are for Bipolar control (the BP control ones have NOT been chaged). Anyone have any incites on the Alprazolam? I'm not used to it that's for sure. P-Doc didn't say much about it.

Also, I went to a close-out book store (they get overstock of books from other companies & sell them at REALLY good discounts) a couple weeks ago on a Saturday. I found one that I think is really worthy of mention & is very useful. It's called "The Mood Disorder Workbook for Depression & Manic Depression" by Mary Copeland (I don't have the book in front of me to remember if that's the full title completely right). I'm taking notes like crazy & DOING the exercises in it (in a journal I have SPECIFICALLY dedicated to this book so I don't write in it). I showed it to my P-Doc when I saw him when he changed my meds & he was VERY PLEASED that I have it. It was dirt cheap & really helps me learn ways to get help, cope & learn better ways to help understand my Disorder. I feel I'm having to learn new positive coping strategies all over again (I was s*xually abused at 17, so in order to heal from that, I had to learn the skills to cope & deal w/what happened.) . But if I'm going to understand what I've got to do about being BP, i have to learn the skills to deal w/it too...oy!

Has anyone ever used this book? Did it help you? I'm not trying to use it as a way to cope WITHOUT medical help as it suggests, but to learn new skills to deal w/this disorder better.

Any opinions, suggestions, or thoughts are appreciated & ECOURAGED!

Thanks
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