Bipolar disorder. 7 years on medicine.

Dear client, in bipolar disorders treatment protocols depend on number of depressive and manic episodes . Current consensus on treatment of bipolar disorder is as follows : one episode - treatment upto 2 years. 2 to 4 episodes - treatment upto 5 years. More than 4 episodes usually require lifelong treatment . Again , I must say in psychiatry we also use individualised treatment approach which depends on patient's personality profile , lifestyle and stressors. My personal opinion is that it is always better to remain on medication rather than getting a fresh episode and not on medication . Because a fresh episode cause much more harm to ur mental and physical wellbeing as compare to drugs, so in that case risk and benefit ratio need to be calculated in a very careful manner.i hope u will get benefited with my brief answer.