Jacob began having feelings of depression as a teenager after he had been bullied. Despite removing himself from that negative environment, the depression never went away.
At age 15, he also began to experience manic tendencies. Jacob would cycle from one extreme to the other. He would have manic bouts when he was the life of a party, then go to being so depressed that he didn’t want anyone around. Jacob also began developing anxiety to the point where he had to see a physical therapist for extreme muscle tension.
It was at this point that he decided to see a psychiatrist, who diagnosed him with depression and anxiety. She prescribed Zoloft to him, which put him into a state of mania.
When he went back to see his psychiatrist, he was rediagnosed with bipolar disorder. She also prescribed Depakote for the manic symptoms, which threw him back into depression. She then prescribed Abilify, which gave Jacob akathisia, so it was immediately removed. They tried Trileptal with no success. Zyprexa resulted in serious side effects of drowsiness. Several other medications were tried, such as lithium, Seroquel and Lamictal.
Jacob began to get frustrated at the guessing game of prescribing medications. It got so bad that he began experiencing suicidal thoughts.
One day, Jacob went on the internet and looked up bipolar alternatives. He came across a company called Truehope that had a natural product called EMPowerplus, which is used for providing nutritional support for mental and physical well-being. He ordered Truehope EMPowerplus, and he was able to safely taper off all his medications.
Jacob reports that he is doing better than he ever has. He also says that he has never been so stable, all because of Truehope’s vitamin and mineral solution, Empowerplus.
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