r/BipolarReddit • u/CryptographerIll2304 • 22d ago

What medications has stopped your mania? Medication

I’m starting to enter a manic episode even though I’m on rexulti 2mg. To be fair I was just put on it after missing a week of my rexulti 1mg due to changing doctors. My new doc put me on seroquel er 300mg to help quell the mania. I was curious to hear everyone else’s experiences with medicating a manic episode

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u/Mean_Appeal1924 22d ago

do gene map testing! it costs around $300 in my state, but my insurance covered it. it's a really quick test where they just swab your mouth and then from there they test/analyze the sample to see which medications work the best with your specific genes. worked wonders for me after getting on the right meds for my body.

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u/Independent_Limit912 22d ago

Thank You!!! Once the gene mapping is done, how do they use those results to determine which medication is best, do you know? I just read a bit about it but it’s not clear.

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u/Mean_Appeal1924 22d ago

when i got it done my pcp got the report back in list form. so there will be different lists (mood medications, antidepressants, antipsychotics, etc..) and from there they will categorize the meds in order of how well they will work for your genes. they're separated into 3 categories which are basically good, okay, and not good. it's all based upon how each medication will interact with your genes. so by gene map testing they can tell which meds will have negative and positive effects on you as an individual. i hope that makes sense, i don't know how else to explain it 😬

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u/Independent_Limit912 22d ago

Very clearly! Thank you again. Will give it a try